Lunenburg County is known as "The Balsam Christmas Tree Capitol of the World". That's quite a title to live up to!
Every year Halifax sends one of our trees to Boston where it becomes a centerpiece in the city. On this day we pulled in to photograph this truck-load of trees which we were told is heading to Pennsylvania. Everyday now they're heading out and down the coast to the states.
May your home smell as good when the tree goes up as the scent of fresh-cut pine filled the air here!
I have always loved the story of the Halifax/Boston tree connection. :) David just told me tonight that there might be a shortage of trees this year. Say it isn't so from your point of view! Can you put in a good word for us from up there?... ;)
I love the smell of a Christmas tree! I love it that you will be able to go and cut your own trees too! Not sure we will have a tree this year as I fear young George may attack it! Lol!
And this year it made a stop off in Maine because Maine sent people to help with the catastrophe that happened to Halifax. Did you know that is why Halifax sends the tree to Boston as an acknowledgement of the help they sent. I believe it was a major explosion.
I love the smell the pine trees, sadly they don't stand up to the heat of our Christmas. When our potted pine tree outgrew the house, I sadly resorted to a plastic tree :(
Oh wow, never seen so many on a truck at once. I love the smell of fresh Xmas trees, but they don't last long in summer heat. We'll be in Singapore for Xmas this year, should be fun.
@pyrrhula In the states people tend to put up trees and decorate soon after Thanksgiving (at the end of November!) Yes, it would be "an old & un-watered tree" if they wait to put it up on Christmas eve!
@joansmor It was a horrific explosion! The 6th is the 100th anniversary of that explosion. There is currently a lot of news about its history, and this interactive, I thought was most compelling http://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/
@hbdaly I thought you, too, might be interested. The story of the Boston and Halifax connection is well-known up here.
@pyrrhula We return to California on New Year's Eve. Before that, we will spend a week with the grandchildren near Boston. Events here are as busy as always...just home from a lobster dinner with friends as the season opened about a weerk ago!
@hbdaly I thought you, too, might be interested. The story of the Boston and Halifax connection is well-known up here.
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