Bare Naked Tree

Well, tis the season to lament.... boo hoo sob sob.... there's nothing more depressing than a bare naked tree...

It's over for another year and all the Christmas gear is in being put away once again.

Teapot is in the process of stowing away all the boxes and I have been cleaning up the bits of paper and bits of cardboard that were used in the stowing process. It will take a day or two, I'm sure, before everything is back to normal but that generally is how it goes. 

The last thing we did before we took the tree down is to take our annual family photo in front of the tree...

I wasn't sure if I was going to post it since I'm feeling rather sensitive about how I look these days...  overweight and getting older and showing it badly.... but in the end I might as well accept it and be satisfied that I'm willing to have my picture taken at all... unlike some people in my family!

So that's it for Christmas... and now.... I just can't wait for spring!