Gosh, I knew I’d been rubbish at updating lately but hadn’t realised just how rubbish. Life just getting in the way I guess. And two months after getting back from Burma I STILL haven’t done anything with those pics. Coming soon – promise!
Anyway, ’tis the festive period and we’re quite sappy about all this stuff so here – just for the fun of it – are a few snaps around our tree, all taken with my beloved Sigma 35mm, and all shot wide open because it’s just so lovely. (These are all straight out of the camera, by the way – absolutely no processing at all, partly because this is just a bit of fun but mainly because it’s 2am and I’ve just finished wrapping presents.)
Each year we accumulate at least one new decoration, often animal based (I did say we’re sappy), and this year it’s a lil’ birdie. In a scarf.
And for reasons I have no hope of adequately explaining our tree is topped, not by an angel, but by a red panda. The wife likes them, ok?
Once upon a time he had lace wings but they’ve disappeared over the years.
Probably no bad thing really – they didn’t do his dignity any favours.
A holdover from my childhood is the presence of bears on the tree. No idea why, but we always had them.
Sadly the originals are long lost (and I miss them to this day) but we have of course found some replacements.
The odd reindeer doesn’t go amiss, mind.
Not that it’s all animals, you understand – we do have the odd angel, star and so on.
And of course a zillion regular baubles. Far too many in fact. After all this time we have something of a rotating gallery – it’d just get way too messy piling them all on.
This year there wasn’t even room for my Homer Simpson, but I’m sure he’ll be back at some point. Poor Homey.
Our tree will never look styled: it’s always going to be a mishmash of stuff accumulated over the years, and generally involve a good degree of silliness. But that’s as it should be: our tree charts our time, and the fun we have, together.
Merry Christmas folks.
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