East Rockville's Winter Wonderland Holiday Decorating Contest Winners

>Rockville Central friend and all-around amazing person Chas Hausheer passed along his link to a slideshow of the winners of this year’s East Rockville Civic Association “Winter Wonderland Decorating Contest.” These are great homes, and I would love it if other civic associations would follow ERCA’s lead!

Thanks, Chas!

POTD: Happy Holidays — See You In The New Year

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Happiest of holidays to our wonderful readers. We will see you again in the New Year. Unless we surprise you in the meantime.

POTD: Culprit

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It looks like Santa’s got some stealthy help here.

POTD: Hanging Around

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Just the other morning, with the air so cooooooold, I noticed this lone spider still atop my good friends’ home. Looks like it came for Halloween and is staying for a few holidays!

I hope it stays; it makes me happy to see it.

POTD: Number One!

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Driving home from dropping my daughter off at the bus yesterday, I noticed a neighbor was the first on the block to decorate up! In the dim morning light, the house looked pretty dramatic, methought.

POTD: Sunny Day

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I just couldn’t resist this end-of-Halloween photo . . . I ran across these ghoulish sunbathers on a sunny Saturday run!

POTD: Ow!

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This is one unlucky bunny.

POTD: En Garde!

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Still in my “doorway phase.” It’s like these two are guarding the package between them (See it?).

POTD: Doorway

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I love this vibrant yellow door.

POTD: Caught Red- Handed!

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I wonder if this little fellow will get caught and end up a statistic in our police blotters?

This bonus holiday POTD is our gift to you.

Season’s Greetings!

POTD: In The Gloaming

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(With apologies to Annie Fortescue Harrison and Meta Ored.) This is our own Beall-Dawson House, with just a subtle hint of holiday on the outside, decorated inside! You should go look at it this season. I love the lamplight.

(Actually, it’s not in the “gloaming.” It’s whatever the opposite of that word is. But I love the sound of it so . . . yeah.)

POTD: Brr, It's Cold In Here

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(With apologies to Bring It On.) I could not resist stopping when I saw this little guy all bundled up for the weather.