D.O.P.-T.

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The last couple of leaves, which were larger than the others, blew off the top of my little birch tree in the last wind storm. The neighbors who have a hay bale in their front yard had it set up with a table cloth and selected funny-shaped gourds on top; I was thinking it was a nice autumn altar. The other day they replaced the gourds with a prone fuzzy reindeer, presumably to be hoisted upright at some point, set up their enormous inflatable reindeer with the swiveling head, and strung festive lights.