Look who else is on vacation!

I was sitting in a restaurant at Disney World when what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a little old guy minus all his reindeer.
His eyes, how they twinkled when he looked right at me,
and me being an idiot, I jumped on his knee. His name is "Nick" and he is a Santa in Michigan and lives 30 miles from the Official Santa Training School.
He told me that he normally trims back the beard in January but with so many service men & women coming home who missed Christmas, he keeps it and shares their Christmases with them in his "uniform".
I told him that was a wonderful story and then I said, "By the way, my name is Steve". He said (and I quote), "I know." Then he and Mrs. Claus left. And they left us all with the nicest feeling of the year.
If you happen to be a service man or woman comng home from the war, from my house to yours, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
Welcome home.

Our Provincial Flower

This is a trillium. The "Official Flower" of the Province of Ontario. They don't last long so when you see them, grab a camera.
They come in two colours, the white variety and a reddish/purple colour.

Angle Parking - a new perspective

" Hello, Boss? It's Joe. I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that something got hoisted up pretty high and pretty quick on this last job. The bad news is that it was the crane and not the tree. "

A combination of really wet ground, a heavier than expected tree trunk and just bad luck lead to this incident in Beaverton, Ontario today.

No-one was injured but, as you might expect, the profit-margin for this job is lower than anticipated.

Officials on-scene felt that it would take two more cranes of equal size to safely lower this one to the ground .

Keeping things in perspective - How was your day at work?