As we were packing away the Christmas decorations (this was a few weeks ago!) I was instructed to take our increasingly sad looking small tree out and dump it. Given my deep environmental concerns* I clearly couldn't live with this sort of waste! I remembered that the trees used in Paul W's garden (see below) bore a striking resemblance to bits of artificial tree and so a cunning plan was born. Above can be seen one of my new 'trees' temporarily planted in a lump of blu-tac and under close guard. Interestingly, the rest of the regiment are keeping their distance in case the tree falls down....
*I like my environment to be awash with toy soldiers and related ephemera.
15 comments:
Tim
Very green of you. The planet thanks you.
Cheers
PD
I always had you figured for a lumberjack.
It all makes so much sense now.
Peter Douglas
The planet is welcome.
Conrad Kinch
It was the shirt, right? Not the other garments?
It is important to recycle. Think of the savings of buying the trees.
Jon Yuengling
Exactly - one tree has become many.
Please Sir, This coming Christmas can I borrow your container of little trees and some glue. I shall only require it for 12 days. :-)
I've done something similar for my Army Men project. The Christmas tree in question had been dumped in from of the local Cat's Protection League. Noticing it on my paper round (since discontinued), I liberated at least part of it. I justified this on the grounds that although the CPL accepted second hand stuff, they weren't into 'junk', and they didn't much like dumping.
OK, fair cop, Ociffer, I'll come quietly...
"*I like my environment to be awash with toy soldiers and related ephemera." I hope this is not another reference to your playing with your soldiers in the shower! Clever use of old Christmas Trees. Just came about a month too late (threw an old one out!)
Good idea Tim. Its good for the lawn as well as it help get air into the soil.
Now you only have to find some sandbags to stop the lawn becoming a lake!
waste not want not huh...)
Archduke Piccolo
Sounds like you acted on your initiative to save someone else a job. Well doe sir!
Col
That's a vicious rumour and was never proven. Now get out of my bathroom and take your camera with you...
Paul Foster
Quite right - doing my bit to slow global warming.
Don M
Damn right!
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