Visiting Gnomes

This gnome and his two friends showed up on my back porch today. None of them are my lawn gnome which is still wandering around doing strange things, most recently taking a trip on the Brackett Rocket and somehow ending up in Macy's Nutcracker display.

He also recently visited my sister and brother-in-law's house and left them a note. I'm glad my sister took it in good humor; I figured she might be a bit freaked out when a photo of my lawn gnome visiting their house showed up on the Internet.

I can't help to think that these three gnomes are somehow related to my missing gnome. Maybe they were expecting him here. Or maybe they were here to send me a message. Perhaps holiday greetings. I don't really know.

Seriously, I am not kidding. I do not know what's going on.