I put up the Christmas tree in my house this morning, so the Christmas season is officially on here in the Cascade Mountains. A most wonderful time of year!

Last year's tree was massive, taking advantage of the height my A-Frame home offers. This year I requested a similarly tall tree from the farm owned by my friends, but alas, one of their employees sold it to someone else before I arrived. Not wanting to make them dig up a second tree for me, I got a normal sized tree, about seven feet tall. It looks quite beautiful, and I must admit was much easier to decorate without needing to use a large ladder.

As always, the angel is quite happily penetrated right up on top!

Last years tree did survive transplanting into my yard, and I think that it will be quite wonderful long in the future to be surrounded by Christmas trees of years past.