I do so love this time of year, driving through the neighborhood and seeing the lights outside people’s homes – it doesn’t matter whether it’s a full-on entertainment show with thousands of lights and music, or a humble string round the bush in the front corner of the yard. \u00a0Just seeing someone put a little Christmas cheer on display, no matter how big or small, warms my heart. \u00a0I have had varying levels of success over the years in getting lights up outside our house. \u00a0In years past, we had two acacia trees, a tall pine, a date palm, and a saguaro, plus a little bush in the front corner, as canvases for my painterly whims. \u00a0I loved it best when I could manage to put a different color on every tree, and white lights around the fence and house windows. \u00a0That was pretty awesome. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0But this year we are sadly depleted, having lost our pine and saguaro and one acacia…. Still, I was determined we should at least try. \u00a0I decided on 3 sets of multi color lights, and Laurent and Jacob worked together to get them up on our remaining trees. \u00a0It’s not a big deal, but it’s our contribution to the neighborhood cheer!<\/p>\n
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