Today is Paul's Mum's birthday! So, Happy Birthday Beryl ("B") !!!! Sure hope it has been a brilliantly perfect day for you. Hope the Birthday Fairies bring you a GREAT year to come! (the kitty accompanying Beryl is "Princess", who truly IS a Princess! She hisses and everything!)
These are the "boss men" for the Buck Mountain tree operation. Actually, the fella on the right is Graham who is the GM for the entire Christmas Greens Company. The other fella (on the left), Denver, is the operations manager, and a heck of a bow hunter from what I understand.
If you look closely you can see little yellow specks throughout the trees. Those are the men in trees as they look when it's raining and they are sporting the rain gear! Maximize the photo and you can see it more clearly. I love this picture because it shows the beauty of the trees and the way they are planted, kept, harvested and etc. Also, the elevation and the trees on top ... so gorgeous. I wish I could attach the aroma of the trees for you. IT is absolutely delightful when Paul walks through the door and brings "Christmas" with him!
The end of the work day, as the sun sets. Let me say here, this is when the temperature drops drastically and all of a sudden a coat is required!
Paul says it looks like a field of canaries when they're all in their rain gear. I can see why he'd say that! These guys are in the middle of a field with a baler. It's hard enough when things are dry, but when those trees are wet, they weigh a ton! And they're slippery! YUK!
After they're baled, they get stacked on the trailers, just like normal days ... even in the freezing rain (or snow) ... whatever the case may be.
Paul has a new hobby. He now makes "boggans". They are really called toboggans, but up here, all words get shortened for energy conservation. Anyway, this is one sample. I have reserved the entire subject matter for a separate post, but just so you get the idea ....
The trees get put on a conveyor and loaded into the semi trucks. After the initial gathering and "staging" of the trees, the trucks pull in to the staging areas and the guys fill the orders. The stores involved in this are Lowes, Home Depot, etc. Christmas Greens has a very nice list of retailers who buy their trees. :-) Home Depot is actually having their trees put onto pallets this year, so their staging area is a bit more involved this year.
Moving trees ... Paul is somewhere with a counter ...
Moving trees ... s t i l l .....
and it goes on and on and on ....
Shelby's beautiful Christmas cactus in the office
Bows for the BIG wreaths at the shopping center, tied by Mickey, who I work with
and more bows ..... for the Country Club wreaths tied by Shelby, who I work with also
and even a whole wall of bows for wreaths all tied by Mickey
and "the boys" basking in the sunshine waiting on the washing machine repair man to come pick up the washing machine. Apparently we have transmission issues. Thank goodness for warranties! (and sunshine)
our new faucet for the tub. YEAH! We have modern plumbing .... finally!!!
The Building Site!!! The footers are poured! There is progress! Blocks get placed next, then pad poured, then building built! It's in progress!!!!! This is the aerial view from the second story of the house (the sewing room, to be exact!)
The ground view! SO EXCITING!
Happy weekend to all!P & C
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