the 16th day of christmas

As the snow arrived behind schedule, the Christmas season has been extended because this is cool:

missing the mark

Or… Learning to Forgive Myself as I Grieve Through the Holidays. Late starts can really snowball into conundrums when one is as thorough with holiday decorating as I prefer to be. Correcting bad pandemic housekeeping habits runs into early tree upping (early-because-no-less-then-three-and-each-one-takes-three-days-to-set-up). The Thanksgiving break gave me the time to catch up on trees, but […]

ST:TCT meets ST:TTS

This year brings some big changes for Star Trek: The Christmas Tree, shaking things up and giving it room to grow. To me, they are all equally big changes, but let’s act like there’s a ranking: Biggest change: Star Trek: The Tree Skant! I finally sorted out what to do for a tree skirt, having […]

reflecting the present

I reworked the peacock tree last night to add those gorgeous poinsettia reflectors that I found. I also found some lotus flower lights with removable silicone covers. These lights were multi-colored and wouldn’t do on the peacock tree so I found a strand of micro LED garland lights and moved the covers to that. The […]

oh, yeah… this, too

Did I forget to mention the outside lights? I may have forgot to mention those…

I am a unicorn!

Tree number three somehow was skipped over, but it’s as magical as a mythical beast.

reflecting the past

I used to thrift to find things that fit my style. On occasion, I fit my style to things I find thrifting. Yesterday was such a moment: I have a small variety of light covers and reflectors, but I don’t recall having seen any so large or so specifically not holiday themed as these. I […]

strutting like a peacock

The final tree is up. Number four in this year’s set: the peacock tree. The teal tree started its life with us two years ago as the first incarnation of what has become the unicorn tree. It sat out last year, the pandemic preempting any plans for a holiday open house, but knowing it would […]

hints of christmas future

OMGosh! I found. Unicorn. Lights! Battery operated. Twenty-five LED lights per strand. See you really soon, Unicorn Tree…

let it – finally – snow

*whew* We almost made it through the entire holiday lighting season without a single day of snow. And what fun would that be? This year I added LED C-9s on ground stakes bordering some of the flower beds. This morning’s snow was enough to completely cover the faceted bulb caps, which is a neat effect. […]