O, tannenbaum! Chapter 3 Dressing for the Holidays

ENTRY #4
First - let me say -- I appreciate everyone's good humor in putting up with my zest ( read
obsession ? ) for dressing up. Many generations of a large and varied dress up box in my family -- Perhaps in another life I might have made a great theatrical costume designer ?

Well ... last night, instead of the visions of sugar plums dancing in my head - I had dreams of dressing my lovely mare as a Christmas tree.

How lucky am I to have a daughter to support my crazy schemes and dreams :)  She was totally into the idea -- so after a nice trail ride today - I zipped around the farm selecting greenery ...  in order to deck the horses with boughs of hemlock and white pine... no holly in Vermont.

Hey-- and look who is up for this project also -- Mister T, whom you have not seen in awhile because he's been babysitting some weanlings (Brave Ulysses and Tamborine Man)

Well -- judging from his expression, he's tolerant but I suppose not completely an enthusiastic participant :)    Not your jolliest face Mister T. But it's one more reason to love him !  Scrooge face.

Zoe went to mount and found a small tree trunk in her way.

Cranky or embarrassed ? not sure which...

but if he's on my team he needs to get with the program.

this is what an extreme tree looks like



Now the man is smiling -

Very Zen ~ the art of being the tree...

Now Keri - unlike the T-man, never questions her owner - regardless of how frivolous and outrageous the idea.  She's patient and 'what-ever', understanding the commitment to following one's creative flow ~~

let me add, our mounts were accepting of the costumery.. but the 2 pony boys right next door were quite alarmed and could not get far enough away from us !  Too funny... I do suppose that it's not every day we spot two 4 legged trees on the lawn walking and trotting.  They were running up to the fence to gape -- then bucking and running away all bug eyed - only to return to repeat the process.

I love these photo's I have to repeat two similar ones

" My horse the tree ".... I wonder if that could ever be a best seller ?

I am not sure why that pilot overhead thought it was a good time to buzz the property --  did it have anything to do with the walking trees ?  anyway- a distraction for sure.

So - this was a quick episode in Dressing for the Holidays...  Thanks for watching and I hope everyone enjoyed with good cheer :)   A Warning :  I think there's more chapters ahead in the future....  you know what they say - a genius never rests.

Betsy and Keri, Zoe and Teasel in Vermont