The Hanging Houndstooth Hat
Yep - the hat's just hanging there, in mid-air. Gotta make you wonder who might be wearing it :)
Somebody has been moving the items around; previously, the Sports Illustrated magazine with Nick Saban on the cover was directly underneath the hat, such that St. Nick was standing in his shadow :)
We were wondering where the Shrine would go in our new house - there didn't seem to be anyplace to put it. At the same time, the powder room sits in its own alcove off of the main hallway, and there didn't seem to be any reasonable theme to tie that area together.
When you see something that has nowhere to GO, and someWHERE that has nothing to fill it - it's an opportunity.
The pic above was taken standing in the powder room, looking out at the alcove. Later I'll show you the view in the other direction - a lot more Crimson-and-White paraphenalia over there, as well.
Now Ethel has to get some crimson paint so that we can finish this area - but the man at Home Depot says that in order to paint it crimson, we'll have to put on a coat of gray primer and two coats of crimson; otherwise the bone color will show through the red. That's a lot of painting. I don't mind doing it; it sounds like a great job for midsummer, when we can't step out of doors without bursting into flame.
Although that may not be the case, up in New River; I noticed last week, when Phoenix hit 110, that we were out on the back porch that night, playing pool. Circle Mountain is a good bit higher than metro Phoenix, and we get these really nice breezes off of Black Mesa. So far, the evenings have been pleasantly cool.
And we've only got three months to go until Fuhbawl Season :)
How apt. Irony abounds. For as the Bama football team has gone down the sh....er, been flushed down the po....er, guests to the Puckett home will be able to express their opinion of the Tide the same way the Auburn football team has.
Decorum forbids me from being more specific.
Though I have no particular loathing for Bama, other than to mention MY football team finished in the Top Ten. QUACK!!!!
I was down in Oregon last month skiing Bachelor, and saw a Duck Fan store. Stopped in to see if anything caught my eye that would help me properly express my contempt for the University of Washington, which has approximately the same reputation for entitlement, inflated opinions of self, and deranged fans as Bama. I found this lovely sticker in glorious green and gold, the prettiest colors on the planet when combined with a Big "O". Red Circle with a slash and the Husky logo underneath, title of NO HUSKY ZONE.
I plan on taking it to my home group every football Saturday.
I never cease to be amazed when Husky fans manage to stay sober. Almost as much of a miracle as those who have Bear Bryant as their higher power.
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"I plan on taking it to my home group every football Saturday"
That, my obviously unversed in the traditions of that anonymous organization which shall not be named at this level, would be an outside issue and has no place in a REAL meeting. But, seeing as how you west coasters can't have a REAL meeting without chamomile and patchouli, your Opinion (not experience strength and hope) will fit right in. But I'm not bitter. :-)
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(ooh! ooh! hit him again, ethel! ooh!)
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Y'all intend to include a large white N in the middle of all that bootiful Husker red, dontcha? FWIW - Was looking over the NE roster tonight and noticed a RFr that's a grandson of a player I went up against in high school and who was subsequently my teammate in college. Talk about gettin' old in the tooth. See, too, that Bo has gone back to the Devaney/Osborne formula -- import stars from out of state and mix them with players from small (I mean very small) Nebraska schools who've been born and bred into several generations of Husker tradition -- ah'm gettin' teary-eyed already.
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I am moved almost to tears by your exibition of reverence for the real "Higher Power" in my universe. I am convinced that "His" hat is not supported by any mundane hooks or plastic apparati but is instead freely floating on a sea of admiration and respect. One question though, where are the Golden Flake bag and the Co-Cola bottle?
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Fellow Traveler -
I see by your later entry that you do, indeed, see the Coca-Cola bottle - although you're right; this isn't "the Coca-Cola bottle" but is, instead, "THE Coca-Cola Bottle".
Golden Flake Potato Chips - you know, if'n there was somebody in Alabama who wanted to send us a small bag of GFPC for this display, say, for Xmas, we'd really appreciate it. A big bag wouldn't fit, of course...
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Oops, on second look I see the Co-Cola bottle but you really need a 6 oz.
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