Old Goat Farm

The one constant at Old Goat Farm is Christmas. Gary has a passion for Christmas that is unsurpassed. He has always pulled out all the stops and decorated to the nines. It probably isn’t a coincidence that Gary saw Old Goat Farm for the first time on Christmas Eve. He immediately started to think how cool it would be to decorate this old house. Being a Victorian type farmhouse it lends itself well to being decorated.

peeking in the window

When I say Gary has a passion, that’s putting it mildly. Every room has a different theme and every room has a tree including the bathrooms and hallways. This year there are 19 trees in the house and 35 in the garden. A bonus at the farm is that there is a barn which is also storage for the 100 plus containers of ornaments, 20 trees and countless strands of garlands, wreaths and lights. When we lived in the city we had to rent storage which added another whole layer of difficulty to the holiday, running back and forth.

Snowy Owls

The Christmas décor is actually a collection that has been forty five years in the making. Currently there are about thirty to forty different themes that Gary chooses from. They are never the same from year to year (that would be too boring). Even when he repeats a theme he does it in a different room so it is larger or smaller but still never the same.

The Garden

For my part I try and stay out of the way. We close the nursery the first part of October so I concentrate on putting the garden to bed which keeps me outside. I kid Gary that he does all this to get out of that big chore. Besides the decorations the teas are accompanied by a selection of very tasty desserts.

There probably won’t be another blog for a few weeks. We are kind of busy. Enjoy the holidays. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.

front door

the birds tree

close-up of the birds tree

Misfits – window

Jewel tones