the road less taken

Out to do a few errands - grocery store, toy store to buy a couple stocking stuffers, pharmacy for some cough drops - and on the way home I stay off the main road and instead drive through a pretty neighborhood. It was a little after 5, the sun starting to set, the full moon already shining, and then there it is. This blazing Christmas display lighting up a corner lot.

A sign on the gate welcomes visitors to stroll through the display if the gate is open, but to please stay on the designated paths. While I was there, a dog was in the yard, barking at his humans to "Please let me in!" I wonder what he thinks about all this light, all this ornamentation that his takes up his favorite sniff and pee spots. The gate sign also states that at the box by the driveway, donations are accepted and will go to the Humane Society of Greater Dayton.