Our favorite time of the year is Christmas....for 40 years now Cliff & I have gone into the woods and cut down our own tree.... Sometimes when we lived in the Portland area that would be in at a tree farm but more than not it has just been out in the woods.
So for the last 8 or so years now we have been going to the same place with a group on the Sat after Thanksgiving and it is a blast. Anyone can come and we all help each other out. But for the most part it has been our home owners cause we all have tall ceilings and get big tree's. The one above is for us. I think it is 16' tall this year we have had taller ones but we are getting old !
So here above you see we take a flat bed trailer and load all the trees on....Then we always do a pot luck lunch and sit around the fire talking and eating good food. My husbands favorite fire starter gas and his torch!
Then when we get ready to decorate it Cliff has his special made tree stand that is a dolly and an attached tree stand with guide wires on the corners that hold wire that goes into the tree about half way up. This seems to hold it up every year. If you click on the picture it will get bigger and you can see what I'm talking about. He also marks the front of the tree with the ribbon hanging on it. This is totally his thing he loves it and I love the finished product : )
So below is a finished picture of our rails and the tree.
You are invited to sip some coffee or hot chocolate any time come by and we will sit in front of the tree and fire and enjoy the season...we pray you are very blessed at this special time of the year. Again Merry Christmas and have a very Happy New Year !
