This is the perfect time of year to see mistletoe in the trees.  

 

Look up, and if you see clumps of green in an otherwise bare tree, it's probably mistletoe.  There's a bunch in our neighborhood. Down in the meadow across from the haybale turkey, er... the haybale.  There's also some in one of Lee's trees;  that's where I took this picture.  And lots up top.  

 

I remember hearing stories of my grandmother shooting it out of the trees with a .22!!!  Can't imagine that, but I love the story.  

 

My favorite horticultural story is that the berries are sticky, and when birds eat the berries they have to clean their beaks of the sticky residue.  They scrape off the sticky mess on the branches of the trees, thus REPLANTING the seeds!  The ultimate gardeners!!

 

When we were in Kennesaw yesterday, we saw a short tree with a ton of mistletoe.  I took up-close pix.  Let's see if I can load that picture here for you to see.  Give me a minute........

 

 

OK 30 minutes....  Anyway this is what it looks like up close.  See the white berries?  

 

When we bring it into the house we make sure there are no berries on, cause they are poisonous, and we don't want Ranger to get ahold of any.  He's smart, but....we don't want to take any chances.

 

So that's mistletoe, look up!!  Hope you see some in your travels.

 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!