Alrighty then...Gayle has the traveling lure box, has been to LL,2 to look at the Christmas tree. She and Debbie have a plan. It's pretty elaborate.
Here's the story...When our home burned November 2005, we quickly decided to rebuild on that location. It's really pretty. We struggled through Christmas 2005, but in November of 06, as we were building LL,2, (hence the name, Lusk Lodge, 2), we decided to celebrate Christmas at the property. We were living in a rented house in our little town, but we went out to LL,2 almost every day. Debbie and I talked about it and decided to buy a living Christmas tree and plant it across the pond from the house. We planted the tree, put some big rocks around it to sit on, built a little campfire several feet away and several days before Christmas, our family decorated the tree, set up some outdoor decorations, ran a long extension cord from my workshop to light the decorations, lit the fire, roasted hotdogs and marshmallows and had a prayer. We celebrated Christmas there...and then went back to our rented house and gave thanks we were able to have what we have.
Now, next Sunday, Debbie and Gayle will set up the scene at that same Christmas tree. That little fir was about four feet tall in 2006. It survives the scorching Texas summers and now rises above 8 feet. The mission? To shoot a photo for the Pond Boss Christmas card.
For Gayle, it's a photo opportunity with some special lures from our fanatastic Forum friends. For Debbie, it's a chance to spend time at a special place on our property, using her gifts. Both she and Gayle are talented when it comes to color, spacing, visual appeal and bringing into focus those things that make us smile. For Bob, there'll be a renewed purpose for that little tree. As a matter of fact, after the photo shoot, I think it's time to refresh that setting, to pull the weeds away from the rocks, to renew the campfire (which still has the remnants of the last fire there) and celebrate Jesus' birth there again this year. Our kids are a little older, our grandkids are a little older...heck, we have a granddaughter, two years old, who hasn't even met that tree.
If you have a special lure, there's still time to send it on. Gayle will send them back to you, we promise.
My tackle box is already full. The little Christmas tree isn't.
Send them on, quickly. Sunday afternoon is the big day.
Send them to:
Pond Boss
P.O. Box 12
Sadler, Texas, 76264
Or, via UPS or FedEx
210 Hwy 377 N, Suite 103
Whitesboro, Texas, 76273
