holiday summary

This year’s holiday decorations, in total: The Outside Lights: ST:TCT: The Regency Mantle: The Side-by-Side: The Built-In: The Display Case: The Holiday Table: It was a simple and easy holiday, exactly what we needed. May everyone’s new year bring good things.

under the wire

This was a rough but good year. Big projects and heavy schedules sit on the horizon and I’m working to clear the tedium of life prior to the chaos. I thought that included holiday decorations, but as Christmas neared neither of us wanted to wake up without a tree on Christmas, so I got to […]

the tree that almost wasn’t

For the first time in over twenty-five years, I wasn’t going to put up a Christmas tree. You see, things need to happen over winter in this old house, and I need time to get projects ready. But I know how I work, and I do not want to return after holiday travel and have […]

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 […]