Hunting the Wild Christmas Tree

The weekend is continuing to be wonderful in every way. I woke up at 4:00 am this morning and couldn't get back to sleep and so I went ahead and got up. I had some really lovely quiet time and learned how to pray the Anglican prayer beads that a friend gave me last year.

Once the hubby got up we had a lovely lazy morning. We finally managed to get ourselves together by lunch and head out to the Elgin tree farm to find our special Christmas tree. It has become a yearly tradition. You drive out to the middle of nowhere until you see the white tree farm truck and then turn left. My husband and I love the truck. Someday we want to have one just like it. Then you wind through a bunch of country roads and when you come around the corner you see a bunch of cars, cute buildings, and a little farm.


Tractors pulling wagons with hay bales will take you out to where the trees are being cut. They plant different sections each year and in several years the trees are big enough to cut.




We chose to walk for the first time because there were quite a few families waiting on the hay ride. It was a very pleasant 60° and sunny. We even found a tree very quickly. We usually take a long time looking to find one with the right shape, density of branches, and with pine cones.



This particular tree had outdone himeself making pinecones. There were 6 or so and they were quite large for this species of tree. Here I am pointing them out like a dufus for the camera.



You pick up a saw when you leave the hay ride to go out into the fields. Here is the hubby preparing to lumberjack.



And then if you are really strong and clever, you can hold the tree up directly about your head and look really manly while it drops needles and sap down your neck.



And then it is time for the walk back to the front for the helpers to shake all the loose needles out of our tree and bag it.


Once you reach the front you can either pay right away or take a look though the lovely ornaments in the Christmas Cottage.



So anyway, we got little tree home and started decorating him. We only have about half the ornaments on so far, but he is just lovely. I am so very happy.