O Christmas Tree

Christmas gifts can come in all shapes and sizes.

Our gift to each other this year

showed up this week
in a big ol' truck.

 What's
10 feet tall,
forever bluish green
and triangle shaped?
????

6 new blue spruce trees

It's a gift that will be long lasting.

The little birds that visit our yard

have already found the shelter

in their branches.

It's a gift that will keep giving and growing

each year.
Our backyard went from this

to this

And from this

 to this

 in just a couple of hours.

These trees were planted as saplings 

about 25 years ago by Paul,

a former graduate student of Running Man.

He still lives on their family ranch north of town.

As a kid he and his brother

planted over
2000

new trees.

From the distance of the window

the trees don't look too tall,

but they're over 10 feet tall.
Now they just have to settle in
and enjoy their new home.

I'm starting to envision

twinkle lights on them next year.

"Oh, Christmas tree

Thy leaves are so unchanging, 

Not only green when summer's here

But also when it's cold and drear."

Until Next Time-