tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post2799045794359201682..comments2023-12-06T20:06:59.753+00:00Comments on Life in the Preseli Hills: An alternative Christmas treeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-78364824930819439852011-12-12T18:48:44.370+00:002011-12-12T18:48:44.370+00:00When I was little, we couldn't afford "pr...When I was little, we couldn't afford "proper" trees and often had a branch from "out the back" which we decorated with flour and water paste ("snow") and then sprinkled with silver glitter. One year it was a big gorse branch, treated the same way, and dinky enough to sit in a pot on the sideboard. Still looked pretty all dressed up though.<br /><br />Yours looks splendid!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-1371072765990866162011-12-12T00:20:20.210+00:002011-12-12T00:20:20.210+00:00Amazing!
Definitely has «je ne sais quoi» about it...Amazing!<br />Definitely has «je ne sais quoi» about it. But delightful, nonetheless.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-8205778933321256422011-12-11T21:46:35.878+00:002011-12-11T21:46:35.878+00:00I love it.I love it.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-39237280777028669172011-12-11T19:25:11.104+00:002011-12-11T19:25:11.104+00:00Your frugal tree is beautiful. We baulked at £45 b...Your frugal tree is beautiful. We baulked at £45 being asked for trees outside Morrisons which we normally have. So this year the old artificial one has been dragged out of the loft. I'm trying not to sulk about it & it now smells lovely with my handmade cinnamon decorations on it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911766095834533575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-51484154131144595492011-12-11T17:04:09.421+00:002011-12-11T17:04:09.421+00:00I remember well the year when my father felled a g...I remember well the year when my father felled a giant apple boy, painted it snow white and sprinkled it with silver. As an adult I can see its beauty as children we all wept and my mother made him go and get a real one!!!<br /><br />We have a small twisted and lichen covered branch on the kitchen table decorated with baubles and delights but when eldest is back from uni we shall go and find a real christmas tree to decorate for teh salle. I love your avant guarde tree!her at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553181592011484686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-81935972949154727922011-12-11T14:51:25.347+00:002011-12-11T14:51:25.347+00:00Beautiful - I think I like that better almost.
Th...Beautiful - I think I like that better almost.<br /><br />Thought about planting a few Christmas Trees to tide you over? Maybe sell a few too and make it self financing? <br /><br />xxZoëhttp://zoelynch.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-66532674672195751382011-12-11T14:34:56.567+00:002011-12-11T14:34:56.567+00:00Excellent! You're what a rather pretentious fr...Excellent! You're what a rather pretentious friend of mine would call a Frugalista.....rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-85603706280620056982011-12-11T10:41:27.111+00:002011-12-11T10:41:27.111+00:00Absolutely love it . . . :)Absolutely love it . . . :)Westerwitch/Headmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956764463959607416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-25744694228378392592011-12-11T10:22:34.093+00:002011-12-11T10:22:34.093+00:00Very magical and an even better option than the tr...Very magical and an even better option than the traditional trip out (especially for being free.) You've ended up with a beautiful tree, creatively decorated in stunning colour schemes, well done.<br /><br />PS. Have a look at Lidl for a potted Christmas tree.Lins' lleisiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959733901735226832noreply@blogger.com