{"id":39122,"date":"2015-01-02T14:08:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/?p=39122"},"modified":"2015-02-27T13:01:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T19:01:35","slug":"whats-in-your-stocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2015\/01\/whats-in-your-stocking\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhats in Your Stocking?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39123\" title=\"christmas_2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08349-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08349\" width=\"518\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08349-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08349-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08349-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">We had once again survived Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39126\" title=\"packaging\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08315-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08315\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08315-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08315-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08315-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">A set of styrene guns kept him busy,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39128\" title=\"American-Girl-Doll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08334-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08334\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08334-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08334-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08334-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">she got the doll she had coveted for the last 6 months,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39127\" title=\"Latest-Kumo-Offering\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08319-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08319\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08319-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08319-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08319-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">and we got a bunch more stuffed characters for Kumo to terrorize and pull the eyes off well into next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39131\" title=\"Yawning\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08190-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08190\" width=\"807\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08190-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08190-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08190-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08190-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08190-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">We hunkered down with blankets on the couch, drank Bailey&#8217;s Irish Cream and watched all of the Harry Potter movies&#8230;once again, one a night for eight nights.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39112 size-full\" title=\"eating\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/grylls.jpg\" alt=\"grylls\" width=\"480\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/grylls.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/grylls-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">We indulged in fine Christmas fare straight out of the garden,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39125\" title=\"exercising\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08339-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08339\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08339-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08339-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08339-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">and exercised regularly in the recycling bin.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39140\" title=\"dancing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08261-1024x875.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08261\" width=\"807\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08261-1024x875.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08261-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08261-900x769.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Even the Largus bugs were in a festive spirit, staggering around on the dance floor, spilling their champagne and telling bad jokes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39135\" title=\"boots\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC07369-copy-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07369 copy\" width=\"454\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC07369-copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC07369-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC07369-copy-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">I am about as tough on watches as I am with work boots, <\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39133\" title=\"Swiss Army Watch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08434-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08434\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08434-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08434-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08434-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">so I was very happy to open this on Christmas morning. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">My previous Swiss Army watch had an extremely rare and distressing appointment down the u-bend of our toilet last fall, one of those <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t repeat that again if I tried&#8221;<\/em><\/span> accidents. It was not a fitting end for a timepiece that had survived huge pieces of flagstone rolling and scraping across it, with never a hint of a scratch.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>Moving along:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39138\" title=\"Miscanthus_Albus-Dumbledore\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC083971-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08397\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC083971-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC083971-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC083971-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">I did say I watched <em>ALL<\/em> the Harry Potter movies.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39141\" title=\"Purple-Heart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08207-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08207\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08207-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08207-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08207-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Purple heart is still hanging in there, it will be a big heaping pile of festering sludge in no time at all,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">but for now:<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39142\" title=\"Bee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08272-1024x890.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08272\" width=\"807\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08272-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08272-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08272-900x782.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Purple heart to wild purple mold, <\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39143\" title=\"Purple-mold\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08383-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08383\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08383-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08383-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08383-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">just because I can.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39144\" title=\"Fatsia Japonica bloom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08291-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08291\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08291-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08291-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08291-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">I always crave a full English breakfast after looking at the flowers on Fatsia Japonica, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">straight out of a fantasy book.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39145\" title=\"Loquat_flowering\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08192-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08192\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08192-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08192-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08192-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Loquats are also flowering prolifically at the moment,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39146\" title=\"Loquat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08193-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08193\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08193-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08193-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08193-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">along with some shrimps,<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39149\" title=\"Shrimp-plant\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08095-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08095\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08095-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08095-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08095-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">and the copper canyon daisies.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39150\" title=\"copper canyon daisy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08254-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08254\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08254-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08254-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08254-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-39152\" title=\"Habanero-pepper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08203-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08203\" width=\"392\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08203-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08203-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08203-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-39153\" title=\"satsuma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08205-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08205\" width=\"344\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08205-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08205-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08205-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Habaneros and satsuma also providing some winter color. Only three satsumas on the tree this year and they were huge, larger than oranges. They were ripe and it was time for the annual tasting ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39155\" title=\"harvest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08224-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08224\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08224-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08224-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08224-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-39158\" title=\"peeling\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08230-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08230\" width=\"392\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08230-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08230-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08230-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-39160\" title=\"tasting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08238-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08238\" width=\"222\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08238-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08238-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08238-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Well, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">what do you think?<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39161\" title=\"satsuma verdict\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08250-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08250\" width=\"807\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08250-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08250-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC08250-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>&#8220;Tastes like orangery-water and peel, want some?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8220;Nope, I get it.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">She proceeded to devour it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/moon-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"moon\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/moon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/moon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/moon-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Thanks to all who have read, commented or just lurked in the east side shadows this past year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Stay Tuned For:<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">&#8220;The Appendage&#8221;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">All material \u00a9 2015 for eastsidepatch. 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