I love the snow. These two posts brought back memories of snow time challenges decorating for the holidays.
See that big tree to the left of my house. Well, my first winter here I decided to string that 30' plus tree with Christmas lights. It so happened that the weekend I had the opportunity to do so was a blizzard. I proceeded to string that tree with about 10 strands of lights in the snow storm anyway. I got it almost to the top. I had to climb on top of the roof with strings of lights hooked onto my telescoping pool poles to get them to the top. In the process, I slid down the roof into the snow covered bushes below. Thank God for snow covered bushes because it probably saved me from broken bones. When I was done, the tree was beautiful all lit up for the holidays; the talk of my neighborhood. Worth every second of stringing those lights. I kept those lights lit till Valentine's day. My plan was to keep the lights up and the only thing I'd have to do every Christmas would be to plug them in.
Fast forward to the following summer when I almost killed my brother. I was having my first July 4th party in my new house. I went looking for my missing brother who felt the need to do all kinds of useful projects around my house. I wanted to see what the latest project he may have found to occupy himself. I think the whole neighborhood heard me screaming, "NOOO!" I was much too late. By the time I found him, he had taken almost half my Christmas lights off that tree. He thought I just hadn't the time to take them down so he thought he would "help" me out. Needless to say that first year was the only year that tree was lit. In the second pic you can see one of the remaining remnants of the Christmas lights.
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