{"id":37278,"date":"2014-01-25T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/?p=37278"},"modified":"2014-07-10T20:03:42","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T02:03:42","slug":"why-is-the-rum-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2014\/01\/why-is-the-rum-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why is the Rum Gone?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37280\" title=\"Post_Oak\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04705-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04705\" width=\"528\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04705-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04705-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04705-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Eighty degrees one day,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37287\" title=\"Girl_Scout\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04760-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"cookies\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04760-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04760-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04760-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">selling girl scout cookies in teeshirts&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37279\" title=\"ice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04810-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"freeze\" width=\"583\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04810-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04810-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04810-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8230;then ice, how the temperatures can swing in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37281\" title=\"ice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04820-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"freeze\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04820-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04820-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04820-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">There was just enough accumulation on this lawn chair to eek out a couple of lame snowballs for an equally lame snowball fight.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37282\" title=\"snowballs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04818-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ice\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04818-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04818-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04818-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Which was probably a good thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37288\" title=\"snowball_maker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/41LUo6gh80L.jpg\" alt=\"41LUo6gh80L\" width=\"500\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/41LUo6gh80L.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/41LUo6gh80L-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">This is what we needed!<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37283\" title=\"frozen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04803-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"stock-tank\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04803-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04803-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04803-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Stock tanks froze over once again encapsulating lacewings that had drowned on the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35565\" title=\"Bear_Grylls\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bear_Grylls-copy.jpg\" alt=\"popsicle\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">No, it is not a Popsicle, Bear.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37284\" title=\"lacewing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04806-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"frozen\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04806-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04806-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04806-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Loquats also had a cold casing,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37285\" title=\"loquat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04814-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"frozen_foliage\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04814-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04814-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04814-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">and I think I can safely say my variegated gingers have seen better days,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37296\" title=\"variegated_ginger\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04639-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"frozen\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04639-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04639-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04639-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">much better days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Out of all the frost bitten plants in my garden the first prize for<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> &#8216;most aesthetically unpleasing plant after a freeze&#8217;<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37299\" title=\"drum-roll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/drum-roll-please.png\" alt=\"drum-roll\" width=\"383\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/drum-roll-please.png 720w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/drum-roll-please-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">has to go to<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37298\" title=\"purple_heart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04632-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"mess\" width=\"806\" height=\"1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04632-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04632-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04632-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">yes&#8230;the purple heart. <\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37307\" title=\"audience_applause\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/audience_applause1.jpg\" alt=\"audience_applause\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/audience_applause1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/audience_applause1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;I just knew it was going to win Charles.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8220;Yes Dear, it really is astonishingly <\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\">aesthetically unpleasing<\/span> <span style=\"color: #999999;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Purple_Heart-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The_Purple_Heart\" width=\"339\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Purple_Heart-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Purple_Heart-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Purple_Heart-900x1354.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Purple_Heart.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Not only is this plant a mess to look at, it will most certainly attempt to cover you in purple juice during clean up as an annoying side activity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Lets take one more look:<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37306\" title=\"Not_so_Purple_Heart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04633-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"mess\" width=\"806\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04633-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04633-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04633-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">The interwoven dead leaves that this soggy plant apparently <em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8216;collects&#8217;<\/span><\/em> over time completes the award winning industrial spillage look. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Aloe also suffers in the cold,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37302\" title=\"Aloe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04823-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"frozen\" width=\"806\" height=\"1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04823-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04823-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04823-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">the softened pulp on the inside of this frozen aloe arm felt very odd and kept him entertained for all of &#8230;30 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">This Mexican lime tree kept me busy for a little longer as I beat it repeatedly with a blunt instrument to remove the dead foliage. This activity had the added benefit of making me feel much better about the upcoming purple heart clean up.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37309\" title=\"Mex_lime_tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04706-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"dead_foliage\" width=\"806\" height=\"1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04706-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04706-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04706-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37311\" title=\"Mex_lime_tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04824-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"no_foliage\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04824-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04824-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04824-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37310\" title=\"Sherlock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sherlock.png\" alt=\"Sherlock\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sherlock.png 500w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sherlock-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>&#8220;This lime tree was repeatedly beaten around its crown and lower limbs with a blunt object Watson, isn&#8217;t it obvious? The exfoliation, the&#8230;blah, blah&#8230;purple juice on the perpetrators gardening gloves&#8230;blah, blah, blah.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>Moving Along:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/index.jpg\" alt=\"index\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">This cactus causes me to do a Sheldon laugh when I walk past it in my Hell-strip.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04764-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04764\" width=\"807\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04764-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04764-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC04764-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">It has a very distinctive Jack Sparrow swagger to it, and recently, I noticed, its first tattoo.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/79352359-johnny-depps.jpg\" alt=\"79352359-johnny-depps\" width=\"413\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/79352359-johnny-depps.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/79352359-johnny-depps-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JImcvtJzIK8?rel=0\" width=\"412\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">And on that note&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Stay Tuned for:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">\u201c<\/span><\/em><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title  yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #99cc00;\" title=\"Taking the Hobbits to Isengard - 10 HOURS\">Taking the Hobbits to Isengarden<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Hobbits_of_Hobbiton.jpg\" alt=\"The_Hobbits_of_Hobbiton\" width=\"408\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Hobbits_of_Hobbiton.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Hobbits_of_Hobbiton-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The_Hobbits_of_Hobbiton-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">All material \u00a9 2014 for eastsidepatch. 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