December 27, 2011

• Winter Solstice

  On the Winter Solstice we went out into the woods to look for a Christmas Tree.   We thought we would cut down a cedar tree.  We will be working on a fencing project soon and will be using cedar posts that we will cut from our property.  We all felt if we were to cut down a tree,  it needed to be used for something other than decoration.   As we walked around we observed a lot of damage in our woods from the Halloween Snow Storm.

  

  This oak was split right down the middle after the storm. 

  We didn't like the looks of various cedar trees as they seemed either too thin or not tall enough.  Joshua suggested we head into one of our Spruce thickets.  At one point in time,  our farm was a Christmas tree farm.  We have three thickets of various  Spruce trees.   We finally found the perfect tree for us.  It was a top of a Spruce tree that Mother Nature snapped off in the Halloween storm.  It was in great shape with soft needles and still very green.  It was keeper and best of all,  we didn't have to cut it down ourselves. 

  Later that evening we made a bonfire in our fire pit and stood around the fire singing Christmas songs.  It was a fun tradition that we like to do on the Winter Solstice each year.

  

   

   

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