Middle of the Week.....

The tree is just for show. I want it to be seen from the road and it does look good from the outside. I place the larger ornaments that are glass blown on it and the bubble lights seem to fit in with that theme.

My Christmas geese always put out a great attitude.  They are some of my favorites. They remind me of the geese I would see walking in line heading toward a pond. We would drive by and there was always something moving around. The farm was a traditional one with lots of chickens, ducks and geese wandering freely.  I am sure the geese had been up to a feeding area and were then headed back to the pond for a swim.

We watched our "Polar Express" movie already. It just is something we do at Christmas time. I am reminded from the movie that "it doesn't matter what train you get on, it is important that you choose to ride. "  The bell that is found by the boy that had fallen off of the reindeer bells set was actually a shinny silver bell and not a brass bell that were used on horse drawn sleighs in Iowa.


The trains that are running up at the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad, are giving the kids a silver bell with a red ribbon on it to replicate the one that is illustrated in the Polar Express story book. They call their rides the Christmas Train. I hope their heating systems are sort of working because it is cold this time of the year.

A few birds are hanging around for seed but they don't have to worry about snow cover at this time. I thank you all for stopping by today.  We will be off shopping again today.