Bigfork, Montana – Call to Arms!
D Day (Decoration Day) 2008 – Bigfork Elves turned out this morning in response to the Secretary of Decorating’s Call to Active Duty!
The Village was decorated from top to bottom – everything upright gets a beribboned tree attached to it.
All hands – large and small – man the machines…
The Village entrances are guarded from normal traffic…
Friends meet… – my friend and last year’s house and Bob caretaker, Sara and her friend Bill
Work and talk, talk and work…
The “Beverage Babes” dispense beverages to hard working elves…
Left is Gretchen Gates of Eva Gates Preserves and right is Donna Lawson of The Jug Tree Liquor Store.
…what is in the unmarked container????
At the north end of the village is the Bigfork Inn:
This morning, the Inn was host to a continental breakfast for the elves. The Inn also keeps a fire pit going so that cold elves can gather to warm up.
Next to the Inn, the Village Christmas tree is being decorated – Yes, we say CHRISTMAS here in Bigfork, MT!
Tonight, as always on Decorating Day Night, is the tree lighting ceremony and the village art walk. If I overcome my wimpiness for venturing out away from my fire, after dark, there might be photos of that…