It's a bottlebrush and deer holiday

Bottlebrush, deer and greens 

make decorating 

so easy.

Just doing wee bits at a time and 

my holiday storage I designed years ago

makes no mess at all.

The tree is the smallest I've ever done 

but I'm happy with it.

It has cotton balls on stems and frosted 

eucalyptus and lambs ears tucked in all over,

and then a few green and white paper ornaments

join some vintage mercury glass and

the requisite birds nest.

The red is only in the den. Last year it was

the porch, but change is good.

The lighted village is on my coffee table,

 so nighttime is very cozy.

The bedrooms I will do after Thanksgiving,

while I blast holiday music and most likely 

the new Adele. I still get chills when 

I remember her concert that was treated by Hannah.

SO much has changed for all of us since then. 

I'll get some clear shots 

with my camera in daylight soon,

if I can find the thing after 2 years of non use. 

I was never good at it anyway, and it's old.

Z