Wednesday, December 18, 2013

'Tis the Season

The quest for the farm grown Christmas tree.




Two Smiths outstanding in their fields.




Too small.



Too big.



Just right.


This Alabama tree farm was only 35 miles away.  How I can turn a two hour errand into a five hours expedition is a true talent.  Dad experienced, mostly against his wishes, miles and miles of muddy dirt roads. 



Four counties later, we were finally home! Here's the kicker.  We bought a Douglas fir after all.  I wanted to support a local grower by doing my impersonation of Paul Bunyan on a field grown tree,  Apparently, it helps the farmer more to buy one of the pre-cut trees he'd acquired from the North.