Ruthy, your tree is lovely! It looks perfect in your bay window!
We usually put up three trees: our traditional tree goes in the living room; that one we have to tie to the baseboard, so the cats don't put it on the floor. Don't laugh.....when they were kittens, not only did those cats knock it to the floor, they got it down the steps, right to the front door! We still don't know how they managed that!
When we were kids, my mother had had a white tree decorated with blue lights and blue balls. I hated that tree and called it the tackiest thing on earth when I was little. But I don't know, traditions died hard sometimes and, several years ago, I decided that I "needed" a Tacky White Tree of my own. Off to Home Depot and we came home with a beautiful white tree. And yes, it's decorated in blue and white lights and nothing but blue balls. That one goes into the kitchen by the French doors and I just love my Tacky White Tree. And yes, everybody makes fun of my TWT, but I don't care.
Our third tree is the Santa tree and that goes in the bedroom. It's fairly big, too, and is decorated with nothing but our Santa ornaments and just red lights. Amber loves that tree and we'll often find her sleeping in the branches at the back of the tree by the wall. Or we'll find a sign that she's been there; usually two branches are sagging from her weight. But it's OK....I'd love to get a picture of her napping in the tree though!
We've been debating about having three trees in the house with a certain not-so-little-kitten-who-shall-remain-nameless-but-whose-first-name-begins-with-an-M. DH suggested that we only put the living room tree up this year. And at first, I agreed. Mollipop is still very kittenish and I know she would love the trees. My concern with the Tacky White Tree is that she'd knock the glass balls to the floor and cut her paws or something. But as the days go on, I find myself thinking of the TWT, so we may end up putting that one up, too.
Come on, get your trees out and show them off here. Here's mine, still need a topper, our Angel has sadly seen its time and its time to replace her, will get a new one next week.Its the first time we've had a bay window and I think it looks fab.x
I cant wait!!
