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09 December 2011
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
The house got all gussied up for the holidays.
(Outside, anyway...we're still working on the inside.)
And with this going on at ground level after our first couple of overnight freezes...
...it's nice to have something to draw the eye up.
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