Just got the Cedar tree loaded. 2011 Christmas Tree
It is so good to be home. Right now I find myself sitting on the couch enjoying a good cup of coffee and looking out the window over the farm. I arrived home from the city yesterday and took a ride around the farm to check on the status of things. I am always so glad to be home and want to make sure all the livestock survived my absence. Of course they did but I always enjoy the trip around to check on everything.
Coffee…it is so great to be back home to have good coffee. I think I tend to like mine a little darker and stronger than most so hotel coffee doesn’t generally fit the bill. Nothing worse than not having good coffee especially when a cup is really needed. We did stop at Starbucks yesterday on the way home from DC which helped a lot.
Upon arriving home and getting a check on things around the farm we decided it was time to get our christmas decorations up. For some people I am sure this is an all day or longer event. Some households probably drag box after box from storage. All of our Christmas stuff would fit into a large tupperware (including tree ornaments). Some of you might find this crazy but for me it is perfect. Takes maybe 30 minutes to get everything put out and makes for a very ‘Wabisabi’ holiday look.
We went out on the farm and cut down a cedar for our tree which looks and smells great. Now when I say it looks great keep in mind it is a cedar tree. Cedar trees are not like pine or spruce trees. They are not blessed with that perfect shape or fullness that you see in most of those other trees. They tend to have areas that might not have branches which gives them more of a bare appearence in places. The other downfall of a cedar is they are prickely. Getting the lights on can be quite the job. However the pure joy of going out on the farm with the dogs and searching around for the right tree makes it all worth it, not to mention the wonderful cedar aroma that inv