We harvested our first Christmas tree on Friday. It was a
Frasier fir, the premium species for Christmas trees. I was never able to
afford one when I had to buy it. I always settled for balsams.
It’s a lovely tree, about six feet tall. Terry let me pick
from among the trees that he planted in 2005 just after we bought the property.
The white pines were too tall for our relatively low ceiling. Besides, I like
the shorter fir needles. It’s easier not only to hang the ornaments, but also
to see them.
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| Terry cuts the tree |
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| The cut tree |
We wanted to get the tree in on Friday while the weather was
sunny and pleasant. Terry spent some time picking dead oak leaves from among
the branches so we wouldn’t drag them in the house.
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| Picking oak leaves from the tree on a sunny and warm afternoon. |
We haven’t had a real tree in several years. Della had to
inspect the tree when we put it up.
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| Della inspects the new addition to the living room |
We decorated the tree after supper. Jane gave me a new
ornament to commemorate our first year with chickens. I hung it next to Piglet
and above SpongeBob.
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| The decorated tree |
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| Our new chicken ornament with Piglet and SpongeBob |
The rain forecast for Saturday happened! We had alternating rain and drizzle all day,
adding up to 0.7”. It is a measure of our changing standards that we consider less
than an inch a major precipitation event. We’ll take it!
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| The tree in the dark |
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