The Great Christmas Tree Heist

So the other day we went a-Christmas tree hunting. No firs or pines or whatever the traditional trees are in these parts. So we cut down a sisal stalk. On Wikipedia it says that Tanzania is a major producer of sisal (used to make rope and such). There's certainly a lot of them around. So we went down to the bottom of our hill and found a suitable one to cut.

There they are in situ - you can hardly see them really but they're there, two brothers looking out over the Maasai Steppes



So the father-in-law and I got chopping with the panga.



while the neighbour's cat looked on



And the parents-in-law and I carried it up the hill to our brave little pink house (the tree, not the cat!)



And we decortaed it with butterfly hair clips...



...and beaded stars bought from the Maasai market in town...



...that catch the sunlight...



...and make pretty shadows...



Merry Christmas y'all