As The East Is From The West

As The East Is From The West http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/My_Christmas_Tree.html It didn’t exactly inspire quality photography, but I can say this for my tree: it’s very popular. People walk past our open door on the way to or from the bathroom and stop to say how very-very-student-dorm-room it is. Related post Unwrapping my tree http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/My_Christmas_Tree.html#0 e6678dd1-f961-438d-931d-fc3df0123465 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/My_Christmas_Tree_files/Media/IMG_9806/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/My_Christmas_Tree_files/Media/IMG_9806/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Pine cones<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">I think I was supposed to twine these into the branches, but for some reason it seemed not only were the proportions off, but real pine cones were just too serious for my tree.</p></div></div> Tree, presents http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/My_Christmas_Tree.html#6 59b0a894-6a42-47b9-9120-9b1be6c6b816 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/My_Christmas_Tree_files/Media/IMG_9830/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/My_Christmas_Tree_files/Media/IMG_9830/micro.jpg

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