close calls

IN & OUT of line

/ janpriddyoregon / 10 Comments

Yesterday, which was meant to be our day of rest before the drive to Portland, the Christmas tree leaked.

Here is the tree hung from the ceiling on fishing line, inside a plastic bucket with water, which is inside the huge Chinese jardiniere that came from my Aunt Marcie. We have put up our tree this way for years.

Unbeknownst to us the bucket developed a 1″ crack. Water leaked into the huge clay pot, which would have held it, but someone in a previous generation drilled holes in the bottom to use it as a planter. I had plugged the holes and for a decade it was home to a goldfish, eventually killed by toxic Chinese fish food. Gary had removed the plugs. Hence: water all over the floor while we were out walking. Thank goodness we had not gotten around to decorating the tree.
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