Sheep and pine trees

Well, if you have been following the plot you will know that today was the designated Christmas tree felling day. Fortunately, the lady who does not read my blog was able to accompany me. This proved useful as I think the elves that are paid to assist you with the task were still waking up and seemed to want to hibernate in their little sheds. This meant that this year I chopped the tree completely by myself. That was quite satisfying. The lady who doesn't read my blog was then able to assist with some superb knot tying and then the tree was atop of the Toyota and I held my own version of a Baumfest circumnavigating the Square in Martinborough, waved to the fish lady and then back to Carterton. I splashed out this year and purchased a stand to prevent the bucket toppling occasions of last year. Unfortunately I think I may have screwed in the tree a little askew. So I have delayed trimming the tree until I decide tommorrow if this matters really. I have placed the angel on top. I am quite into angels.

This angel has a whakapapa back to Kickaldies in the Crabtree and Apple section. When I purchased her I had a brief conversation with the Kirkcaldies ladies about how beautiful l she was. She looked different then. She still looks beautiful but um today she looks a little like the angleic version of the scarecrow I created for Halloween/GuyFawkes. oh well, that in its own way is probably ok.

On the way to get the tree I hard to navigate sheep going for a walk en mass down a country road being shepherded into another paddock. To some people all sheep look the same. But not to me. Each sheep is unique. Much like the pine tree. From a distance they may seem different. but get up close and you can see they are each unique and also the smell is different.

I have temporarily lost the Next magazine due to the fact that I tidied the house. It will turn up like the Whittakers chocolate did today that I lost at Halloween/Guy Fawkes (it was at the bottom of the pot drawer). This means I have not been able to educate myself today on how to "attract people into my life" which is why I purchased it. My difficulty is not attracting people into my life. It's keeping the people I want to keep in my life. Sometimes people disappear from my life when I thought they would be there for ever. I'm not talking loss by death here. I'm talking how you get close to someone and then that closeness turns into a distance without any real explanation. Anyway, that only makes it more special for the people that do stay in my life, for the connections that remain strong. And that's as deep and personal as I will get. Guess I'm reflecting on this today because yesterday it was one of my of my "lost friends" birthday. I still remember.

OK. Tonight I am creating a human site meter (because if you have been following the plot I am computer challenged). If you read this entry, please post a comment. It can be related to the topic, or it can be random. It can be who you are, or you can use another non de bloom. The key is the P factor: participation: to know make a hebequeen happy :-)