It’s that time of  the year again when I begin regular visits to the Christmas tree lot at Glengary Square on Westerville Road. The sales lot always opens on the day after Thanksgiving and yesterday was no different than any others.

Everyone who works there knows me and my cameras. When I showed up with only a Canon G11 hanging from my hand there was a quizzical moment of unspoke inquiry about my intentions both for the day and for the rest of the sales season.

Any concern about my intentions disappeared when I pulled the manager aside for a very quick portrait in what appeared to be the last sliver of sunset light navigating its way through the trees along the shores of Alum Creek well west of the lot.

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