GOTV dog costume parade

Get out the vote. Dog. Costume. Parade.

It's a language that allows unlimited adjacent nouns, apparently.

All dogs tolerated the costumes for the duration. Some dogs were friendlier than others. My dog had best eyebrows (as usual). Many photos were taken (not by me).

This post's theme word is festucine (adj), "of a pale yellow or straw-like color." The festucine retriever was named Layla?

Dark skies support child development

There is local context which justifies this lawn sign, but I prefer to consider it as an intrusion from Welcome to Nightvale:

This post's theme word is kerf (n), "a notch, cut, or slit made by a cutting tool" or "the width of such a cut". Through a kerf in the clouds, darkness intruded on the light-polluted suburb.