O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

Ain't it a good lookin' Christmas tree?  All for a whopping $12.  Mother Nature done good!  If you look closely, you'll notice we're missing ornaments on the bottom part of the tree.  This is not by accident - we have plenty of ornaments to fill the bottom half.  We happen to have three very large, furry creatures with a fifth appendage attached to their rear ends.  These appendages play no use other than to knock things over or whack you in the knees  Maybe even take out a small child.  Or act like a rudder when they're swimming.  The appendages move at warp speed when said beasts are excited, which is often.  Either way, we can't use our coffee table to place drinks nor can we put ornaments on the bottom part of the Christmas tree.  Small complaints compared to the love these dogs give.  But I think God's sense of humor is behind the reason for the tail.  (Although they're tails do dust the front half of our entertainment center :))

I like the dichotomy of the framed ballet picture next to the European-mount elk head.  The elk is Steve's from this year; his other European-mounted elk from a few years ago is in the bedroom.