I guess that's what I get for bragging that I am ready for Christmas 😒 One of my 3' trees had the bottom third of the lights die last week. I was able to add a small strand without having to remove too many ornaments. Yesterday when I got home from dinner out, my 3' Santa tree was half dark. Oh, did I say some bad words. (That is a statement, not a question!) I did not have another small strand of lights to try to add, so had to remove all the ornaments and the lights.
I did have a 100 light strand to add, but I just couldn't deal with it last night. Here it is re-decorated today.
Some of my favorite ornaments.
 |
| From dearest college friend Wink Received in 1988 |
 |
| Still wearing his "occupied Japan" tag |
 |
| Hand carved Santa from long time friend Chris |
 |
| Painted by sweet friend Julia in SC. She gathered the shells on the beach at Edisto Island. |
 |
| Figural light bulb Santa |
 |
| Santa on a swing. Painted by my mom. She loved this little guy. |
On a positive note, I did find the missing wool I need for my 1890 Rooster rug. I must have used all that I originally cut off the big piece, but did end up finding more of it in one of my wool cupboards. At least that made me happy.
Maybe one of these days you will see a rug update. I really don't have that much more to hook on it, so maybe one of these days I will have more than a few minutes to sit and hook.
