The Tree

Well we finally got The Tree up this year! This year it felt great to pull out the boxes of ornaments and lights from storage downstairs. As most of you know some years it seems like such a chore to put decorations up. Usually if we travel to visit family we forego putting up a tree and stick to the lights.

Patricia does a great job decorating the tree and rest of the cabin each year. A number of the white snow flakes that are on the tree were hand made (crochet) by her twin sister Pamela. In addition Patricia has accumulated a number of angel ornaments from family and friends over the years which lend themselves to brightening up the tree. This year she bought a string of icicles to reflect the lights even more.
As you can see we have very limited space to put a tree in our cabin, so it goes in the only place available. In the past it takes us a while to find just the right size tree. This year we struck up a deal with the Boy Scouts and feel lucky to have found it so quickly.

Today a couple of boxes arrive from Canada for us. My neighbor on the lot just above ours called to say the Postman dropped off our packages at his house. We both laughed as the very same thing happened last year to us. Anyway it gave me a chance to visit with him on his doorstep and greet his dogs. On the way back down the hill I couldn’t help but wonder if there was any maple syrup in one of these boxes…just have to wait for the big day to find out.