A real tree!

This year we got a real tree.  Oh, how lovely was the pine aroma that filled our living room!  After years and years of artificial trees we decided this year to donate our 6-ft. artificial tree and get a real tree.  Good decision.  Really good decision.  I didn't even mind the thousands of pine needles in the trail from the living room to the door when it was carried out to the curb last week for disposal.  Or the tens of thousands I swept off our front steps ... it was all worth it to enjoy a real tree this year!

the master packer who managed the fitting
of the 7-ft. tree in its entirety into the back
of our old Subaru Outback

Home Depot's tree selections

just the lights

the star just barely fit!

afternoon sunlight on Dec. 24th