adopt a tree

some of you may remember the orphaned tree we recycled last year at christmas. we rescued it from early recyling at the local tree recyling center. this year we trumped that event. a week before the big day we were scanning the aisles at anthropologie and my mother noticed the "adopt a tree" sign in the foyer. we inquired. we adopted. and just two days later, boarded a truck for the reunion.

you may notice it's a little imperfect with a jaunty tilt to one side, and uneven limbs; but the little birds feel right at home in it. (which one of us isn't a little imperfect with a jaunty tilt to one side?)

the best part of this story is that this is a live tree. not a live, cut tree of the ordinary kind, but the real balled-and-burlaped deal. the kind you put in the ground. the kind that needs water to survive. the kind you can visit for years to come.

we will visit this one and say a friendly hello.