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ONCE THE LIGHTS WERE ON the tree, the decorating of it was a piece of (not so scorched ) cake! After all, we brought it home with one red adornment already in place.







And then, wow, I found a natural enhancement as I was stringing the lights. Inveigling its way into the very heart of the tree is a fine and lovely vine (and yes, uh-huh, I liked it, Reader Dear, even before I knew of its close attachment!)





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The Little Actor came for a brief visit this evening and very quickly learned a valuable Christmas lesson: All that glitters is not unbreakable!





Of course, it was far from the first thing this mite of an actor has learned; as producer-director, I'm convinced he's well on his way to reading scripts!


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