non-stale marketing data

[OT from cottage renovations]

it is a foregone conclusion that any joint enterprise involving Kellogg's and the Disney Co. will be an unholy alliance.  so while on a run to the market for additional floor treatment supplies on seeing Johnny Depp's face gazing out from a box marked as piratical provisions I did what any sensible person would do and bought it immediately.  not for personal consumption, mind you, but as a gift, a gift for a pirate-besotted little boy (in his fifties, but never mind that) who I expect to be delighted to receive it. 

impulse marketing at its best. 

naturally sweetened chocolate pearl-shaped cereal with pirate-shaped marshmallows

just the thing to start off a day of buccaneering, right? 
bit of an upgrade from hardtack, eh what? 

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(as a Disney stockholder I stand to benefit from any sales of this product.  now that's some real piracy for you)

as the snow begins

[OT from cottage renovations]

today's forecast called for snow but it didn't really begin to show up until the light was running out. 
typical. 

these conditions call for skills greater than mine but I went out anyway and on returning had more to delete than usual. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher definition images)

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6^th Avenue

snow on branch


droplet beads

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Grove Avenue

snow capped hydrangea

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Acorn Lane

Miscanthus sinensis