Pfffft .... who says a Christmas Tree needs to be green.

“One of the happiest moments ever is when you find the courage to finally let go
 ...... of what you cannot change.”

~ anon

All is well, right here, right now.

Christmas is a-coming. It’s only 2 days away and, for the first time in I don’t know how many years,
I am SO not prepared for it.

The youngest lemming came to me last night and said 

“Mom, are we GOING to be having a Christmas Tree this year?”

“Yes dear”, I replied “Just not a green one.”

NOT a green one.

So we’ve got a driftwood one! I could have done what one of my ‘crazier-than-me’ friends suggested and cut up some of the hound’s log pile. She hasn’t collected that many logs though since we’ve moved so I don’t have the umpteen hundreds of logs to select from like I did at the other house. 

What I would have done with the logs was cut them to size, drill a hole through the centre of each log and somehow ... method unknown at the moment ..... fasten them on top of one another. The oldest lemming found a site on-line that sells something resembling what my ‘crazier-than-me’ friend had in mind ... and it looks really cool. Way to go next Christmas I’m thinking.

Not that I’m unhappy with my driftwood, you understand. I think it looks really cool and funky .... it’s whacky and, how I’ve dressed it signifies for me what this Christmas is all about. It’s full of butterflies and light and love and angels .... it’s all about simplicity and hope and belief. When the sun shines it reflects rainbows too! 

It holds remnants of the things I hold most dear ... the last of my porcelain Christmas babies - I had one for each lemming but over the years they’ve sadly been broken. My beautiful beaded angels and wooden African animals ... memories of an Africa I love. My magical red butterflies which I found in the UK ... another part of my heritage.

My world is full of those butterflies and angels ... those special souls who lift me in my times of need and enrich my life with their contribution to it. I wouldn’t be who I am without my family, my friends, those people who’s lives have crossed my path .... this Christmas Tree is all about that.

Pfffft .... who says a Christmas Tree needs to be green!

We’ve had the most INSANE weather this past week .... it’s been gloriously HOT and SUNNY and HUMID!! In the 3 years and a bit that I’ve been in NZ we’ve NOT had this kind of magical weather in the week before Christmas. It’s scheduled to change though. Ex Tropical Cyclone Evan is about to have an impact on our weather.

Not only are WeatherWatch tracking ex TC Evan but they’re also going to be tracking Santa as he sets off from the North Pole on his journey around the world. At around 3pm on Christmas Eve WeatherWatch expect Santa to show up on their tracker for the first time. They’ll track Santa’s progress from then until just before midnight .... you can read about it here! Such a fun idea!