Trim the house and trim the tree

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Am I done with the Crossroads Village Carousel? I certainly hope not for good. But I'm not even done with it for this batch of pictures. Here's some more, although not from inside the building. (We'd gone to the bathroom, not photographed because why would that need a photograph? It's not that memorable a bathroom.)


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Looking back from near the dock toward the carousel building, with the Ferris wheel on the left and the poinsettia arch on the right.



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Peering in on the carousel building and looking at one of the ladies running the charity sales desk there.



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A closing shot of the carousel building and the Ferris wheel.



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Looking back at the main village again, finally, and some of the wrapped trees.



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Looking over just to the side so we can see wrapped trees closer to the carousel building.



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And here's one of the trees wrapped up with lights to its peak.



Trivia: In 1801 more people lived in Paris than in the next six largest French cities combined. By 1856, Paris held more than the next eight cities; by 1886, the next sixteen cities.
Source: The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, Graham Robb.


Currently Reading: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals, Jeff Rovin. ``Video Victor, comic strip superhero bee''. All right, then, sure. Also curious about Willoughby Wren, a bird who for four cartoons by Columbia in the 40s gained super powers when putting on a hat containing hairs cut from Samson.