Outside Decor for the Holidays

The final piece was put into place for the outside decorations for this year.

We purchased a 60" wreath at Menards to decorate and hang on the barn.  Putting it together was a task in itself since it was in three pieces that needed to be bolted together.   Next was winding strands of lights around it.  The first strand of 100 was not nearly long enough, so a trip to Target gave us another set of lights to complete the look.

Yesterday afternoon the wreath went up.  My job was to hold the ladder while Gary tied a heavy string to a hook on the south side of the barn.  Then he attached the wreath to the string and used it to pull the wreath into place.  An extension cord was added to the bottom and pulled into an outlet inside the barn. 

And it looks great!   We took a drive down the gravel road south of the house to see how beautiful the wreath looked.  Of course one has to drive on the gravel road to really see the wreath  and the tree on the circle and the lights on the deck railing, but that is ok.  As Gary said, we didn't really put out the lights for other people.  We put them out for us and our family to enjoy.