This year I decided to do away with the traditional Norway Spruce, and have used the leafless top off a recently felled wild plum. It sits in the cast iron base of our outdoor parasol.
It has baubles, lights, and other decorations; and, I must say, looks pretty good in both daylight and the dark.
No tree was sacrificed in the name of Christmas. No Squirrel ejected from its home. No palm was crossed with silver. And no-one has been deprived of traditional interior décor.
Last year I bought a large and expensive pot grown tree, which I later planted out. As I failed to water it adequately; it died.... Naughty Cro! This year; kindling wood.
And very nice it looks too - if I get around to it we will have our imitation tree decorated once again.
ReplyDeleteAha! I was wondering what this looked like! Very nice. (I stood in my backyard today and contemplated a major pruning of my apple tree, thinking that maybe I'll have my Christmas Branch for next year all ready to go!)
ReplyDeleteI think I must have taken the photo a few days back. It's more decorated now.
ReplyDeleteit's beautiful, not at all like charlie browns Christmas tree.
ReplyDeleteIt's strange, now, to think that when I was small we had actual lit candles on our tree. What on earth would elf-n-safety have said.
ReplyDeleteCro,I love your tree,perhaps more than any tree I have seen this year,I think that is is bare like our souls,little lights shining,reflecting in the baubles like the lights in the childrens eyes as they look in awe....I think this is perfect and may well decide that next year I would like a wise tree such as yours is,and thats just my nutty opinion.
ReplyDeleteThat looks cool Cro.
ReplyDeleteThere's a trend here in the high street for 'fancy twigs' as decorations especially ones with lights this time of year.
It looks like a stage-prop for 'Waiting for Godot'.
ReplyDeleteYou do realize, this is the Christmas tree we will all be talking about for the next few days, and the one that will stick in our minds. I love people who will try something out of the norm.
ReplyDeleteI honour of my late mother, I did my version of 'a partridge in a pear tree' in lieu of a traditional christmas tree, the year after she died. It was fun, and hubby and I loved it; but I grew quite tired of explaining it to everyone who visited over the holiday.
ReplyDeleteWe have since reverted to the artificial spruce I bought when we lived in Thailand. No pine trees in south-east Asic (least none that I saw) and hanging ornaments on a palm tree is too bloomin' difficult!
Love your tree Cro...very artistic.
That's exactly the sort of Christmas tree I like best; evergreen is just too ever.
ReplyDeleteIf you aren't stuck on having a regular tree, then why not? It has a cool vibe. Does look a bit hard to grab a dish off the shelf though . . .
ReplyDeleteInteresting, and lovely. You might start the next big trend here Cro.
ReplyDeleteLove it Mr M. It works for me too.
ReplyDeleteI love the unusual, the not following the crowd type of thinking.
Another stunning masterpiece Mr. M. I'll bet Lady M loves it too.
Perfect.
ReplyDeletePerfect.
ReplyDeleteI've tried the bare tree at Halloween, going to have to give it a go at Christmas! Yours is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt is just beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI love it Cro...we have a driftwood one this year for the first time ever and we are really happy with it. picked up the bits from one of the wild beaches up here in the N.W.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteI get a cut evergreen every year. I've always liked it, and the cats love it. When the season is over, i let it decompose in the tree line where birds like the shelter it provides. I live in a place that's covered with pines, and the place where i get my tree is a small, local place where they also make beautiful wreaths. Winter is a long season here, and a bit of greenery does the heart good.
megan
Beautiful, and artistic. Kinda fits you, I'd say.
ReplyDeleteI think your wild plum tree and my driftwood tree could be friends
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this...(!!!)
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