Lights, Camera, Action!!

Having now put of Christmas decorations for as long as possible it became a mad dash to get it all done first before Christmas guests start to arrive and secondly before it got dark as hanging tree lights is not so easy for the hanger although for those standing at the foot of the ladder and tree it seems to give them more opportunities to voice an opinion!!

So no sooner where the trees delivered than Chay and his team were hard at work first erecting them and then hanging the lights on. Being an organized Chap- sometimes- Chay had already had all the light sets checked and most importantly untangled form last year and it was then a simple matter of draping the trees in light. I however was conned , with feigned words of praise about last years effort, into climbing the weeping tree outside lilac cottage. Again the tree has been bathed in the light of 2000 bulbs and 500m of wire. The easiest was I have discovered to do this without disaster is to light the rope and then place it on the tree, firstly to see where I have been and secondly to insure that it is still all working as it is installed .

Anyway just as dusk arrived, it was the years shortest day, nothing like a challenge, we completed the task and simply had to cover up the evidence and tidy away any stray wires and then stand back and admire the handy-work. Next it will be the task of Dennis hardley to pop down and capture the scene on camera and then we will be ready for Christmas Action! So so far so good with no accidents in installation, clearly my risk analysis into tree climbing for Christmas lights has paid off- another reason I was volunteered for the task rather than one of my paid associates!!