Festival of Trees....

You must know that "saying"... "the most comfortable spot in the house is where the dog is!!" Well, it certainly is true here... and in the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky, the light floods into the back of our house (which works nicely for heating purposes too)... but even more so...

a guaranteed warm sunny spot to spend a few hours..... and Debbie dog taking full advantage of that!!!!

This past weekend was the "Festival of Trees"... a local garden club hosts this event every other year... this was "one" of the years!!! It's a beautiful event and various clubs set up trees and other decorations and compete for prizes in all sorts of categories. It was a cold night, but I like to go after dark, so that you can see all the lights better....

Abbie was able to come with us, and she had the best time checking everything out. She's pretty excited about Christmas coming!!!!

I brought Deb with us as well..  knowing this was going to be crowded, I thought it would be a good place for her to practice. She and Abbie had great fun together, checking out all the different things to do.

What's a Christmas display without some Charlie Brown.....

Abbie wanted her and Deb to have a picture taken with Snoopy......

The nice thing about this is there are both outdoor and indoor displays. And they way they have you walk along, is by going in and out of small buildings... so it would seem just as you are getting really cold, you get to pop inside and see what's there... and then you are back outside again....

People come up with the most interesting ideas for "trees".. I loved this one with all the small glass dogs.. I have several little dogs like this and thought that maybe I could make a little dog tree like this one.....

One of the buildings you walk threw is a 1800's cape, and this was all decked out. I thought this feather tree was just beautiful..... I wouldn't mind having one like this some day......

And you just know that you could have cozy Christmas dreams in a bed room like this!!!!!

Our dog club set up a display, people seems to really like seeing the "doggie's tree"....

Abbie said that it was her's and Deb's favorite one!!!!!

We enjoyed watching the train... this was an outdoor display.....

Lights in the trees, a cold night, music and so many things to see... great way to begin thinking about Christmas........

But, just to top it all off... as we were driving back to the farm. it began to snow... a pretty good snow at that, we came home to a couple of inches on the ground. Course, Abbie had to play outside just for a bit....

And it is Debbie's official snow fall... I had a hard time getting photos of her, she was zooming around in it so quickly......

She'll be a snow dog for sure.....














And even though this is first of many, and by March I'll be sick of it... there is something very special about the first snow fall..... and so, I smile and tonite consider it a treasure....