ok, this was way fun !! On our way to get a christmas tree we stopped by a you-pick-it orange grove. For $5 you get this orange sack and then go out in the groves and pick various citrus to your hearts content. My heart was Bursting with content!! The orange smell alone was so darling. But to be out in the sunshine in december...divine. Great new tradition.

The plantation shutters got lit up ( have you seen the "mad men" blue leather chair?! I love it.)

The front door went gold, jingly festive.

And..ta da..the two palm trees that we now own got their own lights!!

Next year we are going to tackle the cactus !!

Feliz Navidad !!

A truly fun part of moving - no, not the unpacking - is a new way of seeing christmas. Even traditions and old decorations take on a new glow. And our decorations have some miles on them. I remember where they sat in Reno, or San Carlos or Wilsonville...and now here they are in Ahwatukee..hello Santa.