Air is moist and cool. Trees are limned in frost. Branches thick and crackly looking. Even the chain link looks ethereal.
Got the tree up tonight. It’s short, under 4′, and the trunk diameter was too thin for our existing tree stand. Started jury rigging and decided it really wasn’t worth that much effort. Picked up a smaller stand – much easier.
Kate and Bing watched with great interest as we pulled the ornaments out and decorated the tree. Hung the chicken/egg lights around the base of the tree table (bookcase sans shelves flipped over a couple of totes. High tech). I use eggs from the coop to reinforce the dogs for spectacular recalls. I expect at least one of the ‘eggs’ will be stolen before the tree comes down.
Picked up new lights for outside. Probably do the chain link and coop tomorrow. I think the girls like having the extra light with our shorter days. I know they need 12-14 hours of light to produce eggs…
On another note. Bing worked nicely through transitions under the distraction of Joanne. Rolled through sits, downs, stands, and backup with Joanne just a few feet away and intermittent reinforcement. Good boy.