I am not sure how this will show on everyone's computer...it looks fairly good on my computer. Let me know if it is dark or light on yours. It was taken at night several years ago. The photos I took of this tree remain some of my favorites.
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I actually started wrapping presents today. I always think of how we used to be so saving with wrapping paper when I was a child. We didn't just rip open the presents, not like we do these days. And we tried to save the best of the paper from one year to the next. And we saved all the ribbons.
We almost always got a new jigsaw puzzle...it was such a treat to get one. I think we used a big piece of cardboard to work them on, but I have no idea where it came from. Or maybe it was a piece of thin plywood. I really cannot remember which....but was thinking cardboard for some reason.
Anyway, we always laid out all the pieces face up, and tried to put like colors together, then found all the edge pieces and worked that part first. Next we would each choose an area to work on. I can remember my brothers getting aggravated at me for reaching across their view.
I had a habit of when I actually put a piece in and it fit, I would give the board a little tap. They always teased and said I did it to draw attention to the fact that I had just found a piece. Who knows--maybe that is why I did it subconsciously.
I still love jigsaw puzzles to this day. Just as when I was a kid, I have my favorite colors to work, or more to the point, colors that are much harder for me to work. I find it hard to do anything else if I have one out, so I don't work one too often. That was part of the reasons for wrapping presents...to feel freer to start something fun. I wrap presents on the dining room table, but that is also where I like to work puzzles. Thus, the wrapping needs to be done.
