Iceblossom

Where are you on the holiday spectrum??

I don't do much decorating for any season. I don't mind decorations I just don't like the putting away nicely part of the process...

Last year I got a long/double strand of smart patio lights. Look like round light bulbs but are plastic and LED programmable lights that can change color, do effects, dance to music -- there is both a hand held remote and an app! I put them up in my 3-season porch and have been thinking about it's getting dark enough that I could appreciate some lights outside. The controller had been misplaced and I've had to plug/unplug them by hand so haven't done it very much. But hooray! I found the controller today and turned on the yellow/orange option.

For the front I have a new string of tiny twinkle lights, again all plastic and LED and can handle being rained on even. I have a twisty set of stairs to my front door and put the lights on the ground/rockery to help guide and light the way, just as I did last year. I also figured out my porch light, which has a sensor, but also on the far side of the fixture is a black on black button that lets you turn off the sensor -- and voila! let there be light that can be turned on/off at the switch.

And that's it for me. No pumpkins, no other decorations. I'm dressed as a nice neighborly grandma type...

But up the street from me, we have two houses (several blocks apart) that are just wild with the number of mannequins and displays and such. The one house must have a 2 car garage or storage locker or something nearby! The other can probably fit their stuff in a good portion of their garage as well.

I am missing some of the things I used to have before the move. A large box of costuming stuff, some mostly plastic odds and ends. Every now and then I get wistful, but day to day, I am so much happier with less stuff.