easy like Sunday morning....

so when we retired saturday night, the tree looked pretty much like this.


more accurately, it looked like this (or at least this is what it looked like first thing sunday morning)
it's not bare, but it is nowhere near what it is going to be....











now, some of us (me and the dog) like to relax a little on sunday morning. some of us (adam) wake up, grab some garland and get to getting...





<---hard at work, no rest for the wicked etc etc etc






star and i were mystified. enthralled. our seemingly so sensible man of the house had become some frightening cross between tortured artist, control freak, and 6 year old boy. stunning, and fascinating.

view from the couch. the dog is total Towly at this point. "we have no idea what's going on!"

The face of a dog without any Vision







So Mr Christmas goes about his business, with the dog and i settled in firmly to supervise (and by supervise i mean sit and watch and not give input because we dont share The Vision)

Mr Christmas is alternately concentrating very hard, and exclaiming gleefully. statements like "oh rad, a cupcake" are coming out. really? rad? a CUPCAKE? let's have a look at this "rad" cupcake, shall we?

cupcake and his cupcake. i shit you not.




cupcake in more serious times. trying to decide where to put a bulb without having it be "too obvious" (?????)

So this goes on for hours. Star and are unable to move, we are completely transfixed by the project that is the perfect tree.....eventually le artist' exhausts his talent pool, not to mention the stash of tacky decorations, and falls on the couch completely spent. it's not easy creating art people!!!

little elves and rocking horses? check!

santa? check!

It must finally be ready!!!!








And here it is.....are you ready....can you handle it???????????

Fear not dear reader. I know it's far away, but there will be an up close study of this masterpiece to come!!

Now, a couple more photos for y'all (new word of the week)

here is one of star. it's part of the extreme closeup series, but is cooler than you think:

Please notice the sparkle in her little doggy eyes.

Is it xmas joy?
Is it jubilee?


perhaps. Or perhaps...could it be....let me check...


FEAR OF THE CRAZY MAN IN THE YELLOW SHIRT YOU SEE REFLECTED IN HER EYES!!!!





Extreeeeeeeme close up. You can almost see the gleam in his eye off the gleam in hers!


An in depth study of the tree is to follow, because there are some things you need to see.