The Lights Are Coming Down

I started taking down the lights at the Secret Lair last weekend, but was interrupted by rain. There's supposed to be a chance of rain tomorrow, but there should be enough clear times to allow me to finish the job.

Yes, that's the secret lair, with clues as to its secret location cleverly, and probably unnecessarily, removed. The picture was taken several years ago and there were a few differences between that year's lights and this year's. We haven't wrapped lights around the rail fence in front of the house for a few years now, and we haven't put lights on the deck for a few more. We did have lighted wreaths hanging in the middle of the windows, thanks to some nice suction cups (though one did keep falling off at first.) Unfortunately, I never got around to putting the lights on the tree. It's grown a few feet since this picture was taken. At the time I could use a broom to position the higher lights. Now I have a light handling attachment that screws on a pole I use to change the floodlight bulbs (with another attachment.)

Next year I hope to do a better job of it, and get fresh pics. Maybe if the new LED lights are affordable enough by then we can expand on our lighting and still reduce the power. If they're not they should be by the following year.

So... anyone else have pics of their decorations? Post them and leave a comment here and we'll maybe start a chain.