I started this post about 8am this morning! I didn't get it finished in time to post it before I went out to do a day in the wee bookshop - so it is even later than it was going to be
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There are stories that go with so many of them - so the basking shark was a gift to me, and the meerkat was a gift to her Dad from D-d, Archbishop Sentamu came home with her from York uni, and so on.
There are also quite a lot of beautiful glass ones on the big tree, collected over the years; you can just see the light glinting on them in the pictures.
Ornaments with a story and history are the best kind, imo. Those sorts populate my tree too. Every year, tree trimming is a walk down memory lane. Makes the holiday all the richer. I have some lovely antique glass ornaments, but they've stayed boxed up since I started sharing my home with cats!
Our last cat was not really interested in baubles - but we learnt not to put tinsel on the tree, but to give him a long strand of it for himself instead!
I'm glad you found a method that worked! I have to hang any small stuffed ornaments higher on the tree since my cat sees them as cat toys. I also hang bells on the tree, which will *sometimes* alert me to her forays. However, she has removed two ornaments via stealth since the tree was decorated at the end of last week. (Cat shenanigans are evidently part of the tradition here!)
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There are also quite a lot of beautiful glass ones on the big tree, collected over the years; you can just see the light glinting on them in the pictures.
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