so, we had this Deal.
every other year,
the PrestoPine.
& every other year,
the RealTree.
and we really did stick to it.
mostly.
until now.
because
you know
i just LOVE a RealTree.
perhaps i'll look back
on my poor choices
(like buying a RealTree),
but for now...
i picked out a six-footer
with patches of variegated needles
& hauled it home
with the trunk bungeed,
minding the bumps
along the way.
we put the singing angel
up on top -
the one picked up
from an antique shop
in our salad days.
& i filled the tree
with snowflake angels
and music angels
and red-headed angels
and checked in with
the manger angel
then i went rogue
& turned it into an
Octopus Angel Tree
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| fancy octopus (watched over by an ornament from my childhood) |
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| a classic - made by me in elementary school |
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| my newest octopus |
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| nothing to see here |
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| a found treasure |
plus some really old ornaments -
some with stories i know;
some with stories i don't.
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| my grandfather Robert's elf |
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| my grandmother Korte's elf |
i shook the snowglobes
while no one was looking
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| Santa bling |
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| creepy-cheery snowman a-glow |
colored lights in den
white lights in living room
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| looking North |
snow on dogwood
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| looking South |
tree, then snow
snow, then tree
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| o Xmas tree |
the first year in twenty
that we've decorated a tree
with no children in the house.
but their stockings are hung
by the chimney with care
in hopes that St. Nicholas
(and they)
soon will be t/here.
