I was alarmed when I saw an inflatable Santa Claus, on inflatable motorcycle no less, before Halloween arrived. And annoyed when downtown Bay City had Christmas wreaths up before the trick-or-treaters had come round.

(Downtown Midland was hard on its heels, but with the more generic snowflakes.)

So I was gratified to see a home today still festooned with Halloween decorations.

Most of ours are down, but there still is a blood-dripping BEWARE in the front window, above a Detroit Tigers sign. Sort of a mixed message, I suppose.<P>

This post originally appeared on ourMidland.com, the online home of the Midland (MI) Daily News. Republished with permission.