I suppose this is like planting lots of colorspot annuals in the summer, but when the days get short, and the evening is dark, I like to use the holiday season as an excuse to splash a little color, in the form of lights, as part of my landscaping.
Does anyone else get into holiday lights?
Here's five day's worth of work on my front yard:
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that, and I'm still looking forward to the spring bulbs coming up.