We got to go see real reindeer! They are at a tree lot near our home. There were 3 of them. This one is Tinker (short for Tinkerbell). Just for your learning pleasure, she is a female reindeer. Both male and female reindeer have horns. They also have a coat that protects them from -50 degrees to +115! That's a huge span. We got to pet Tinker and their coat is a lot thicker than it looks.
The two reindeer in the pic below who are eating - all you can see are their backs - are Disney (the first ever reindeer who has survived after being conceived through artificial insemination, and who was born while owner was in Disneyland) and Louie. Actually, Louie doesn't have an official name, but we named him. The managers of the lot said all the reindeer have Disney names so we had to come up with a male Disney character name. We named quite a few and when we said Huey, Dewey and Louie - well, of course we had to go with Louie after Cali!!
Here's B with Tinker...
... Mo with Tinker's hind end in the pic...
... and Oak with Tinker.
We also got to sit in Santa's sleigh, but got distracted because the reindeer were being fed just then.
And while we were there we took some pictures of our favorite flocked trees. Here's B with a white tree...
Mo with her favorite flocked tree. A purple one.
Oak with her favorite, also a purple one.
But we also had to take some pictures of some of the ghastly colors of flocked trees they had. Black and grey? What? Who buys those? A funeral home??...
...sick pee yellow (I think it was supposed to be gold), turquoise and pink?
Here's a close up of the pink one. Pepto Bismol anyone?
Bright red? It looked violent. And no that's not a typo. I didn't mean violet. I meant violent!
And here's a close up of the yellow/gold/brown one. EWWWW. That's all I have to say about that one.
It was a nice day and not even too cold. Getting excited for Christmas!!! I guess I should start shopping, huh?
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