{"id":2656,"date":"2022-12-10T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2022-12-22T22:49:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T22:49:34","slug":"northern-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/2022\/12\/10\/northern-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2656\" class=\"elementor elementor-2656\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0913c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0913c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-603310e7\" data-id=\"603310e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a975b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24a975b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I own a lot of Christmas lights and if\/when I have time in November I like to pull them out of storage and put them on display. But most of my friends and coworkers have never seen my lights in person due to geographical distance. Instead they have experienced it via pictures, which always prompts a litany of questions. So, in an effort to meet the varying levels of intellectual curiosity I assembled this\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">really long blog post with an overabundance of information.\u00a0<\/span>The<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0entirety of content presented will be of interest to only a select few individuals who find their way here. Thus it is arranged in the traditional \u201cinverted pyramid\u201d structure of a news story:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>HEADLINE: Pictures of last year\u2019s display<\/li><li>LEAD: Frequently asked questions<\/li><li>BODY: The long backstory<\/li><li>TAIL: Tedious and boring details of how it all gets put together<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">So scroll down and read up until your curiosity is satisfied.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eeece5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4eeece5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDriveway Trunk Wraps\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0231.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Front Yard Display\" 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href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0218.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Front Yard Uplighting\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTXzIwMjFfSU1HXzAyMTguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE0MTcyOSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0218-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-height=\"136\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFront Yard Wide\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0212.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"House Elements\" 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href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0216.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Parking Pad Area\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTXzIwMjFfSU1HXzAyMTYuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE0MTcyOSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0216-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tParking Pad Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0206.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Back Yard Patio\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTXzIwMjFfSU1HXzAyMDYuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE0MTcyOSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0206-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBack Yard Patio\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0203.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Back Yard Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgwOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTXzIwMjFfSU1HXzAyMDMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE0MTcyOSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0203-300x172.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"172\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBack Yard Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0205.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Back Yard Maple\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTXzIwMjFfSU1HXzAyMDUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjE0MTcyOSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0205-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBack Yard Maple\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0204.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b141729\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Back Yard Linden\" 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Linden\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04ba451 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04ba451\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1a448e\" data-id=\"e1a448e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a45eca elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default 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elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"e546327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;double_underline&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;Continue on...&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Curious and want more?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Continue on...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63938d2 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34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a323e37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a323e37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f5c77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32f5c77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><b>How many lights?<\/b><\/i><br \/>I don\u2019t know, exactly. I stopped keeping track after the first year and much of the current display is lit using wash and panel lights (so does a single panel with 100 LEDs count as 1 or 100?). In terms of traditional string lights, I\u2019d estimate 80K+ individual bulbs (+\/- 25K!).<\/p><p><i><b>How much electricity?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Not as much as you might think. The total draw when everything was powered on in 2021 was 2,400 Watts. Lights were kept on for 8 hours after sunset at a utility cost of $0.088 per kWh, for a nightly expense of $1.69 from Thanksgiving to the first Sunday of the new year (37 nights). Do the math and our estimated incremental electrical cost was about $62.50.<b><br \/><\/b><\/p><p><i><b>How many trees?<\/b><\/i><br \/>54 were on display in 2021. That includes&#8230;<\/p><ul><li>17 for the Roadside Array<\/li><li>4 at the Driveway Entry<\/li><li>11 in the Front Yard Array (including 4 Twig + 2 PVC)<\/li><li>5 by the Parking Pad<\/li><li>2 on the Front Porch<\/li><li>15 in the Back Yard Array<\/li><\/ul><p>All were acquired via\u00a0donation, Goodwill and\/or Craigslist sales, vary in height from 4&#8242; to 13&#8242; and are stored without lights. On average it takes 20 minutes to fully setup a tree and have it ready for lights.<\/p><p><i><b>How long to set everything up?<\/b><\/i><br \/>About 4-5 weeks. I TRY to start before Halloween, but some years fall yard cleanup pushes my official start into the first week of November. Once I start, I\u2019ll set up as long as the weather permits or thru Thanksgiving weekend\u2014whichever comes first.\u00a0I will take a few days off from work, but most of the set up is done during weeknights and weekends. It is important to note I have yet to put all of my lights out in a given year.<\/p><p><i><b>Does anyone help you?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Nope. Just me. It is a solo effort in terms of labor, and that is one of the primary constraints I have to factor into display design. I&#8217;m always modifying elements, implementing new storage tactics or adjusting the order of set up in an effort to be faster and more efficient with my limited time.<\/p><p><b><i>Do you get cold while setting up?<\/i><\/b><br \/>I don&#8217;t. I&#8217;ve figured out over the years what equipment works best at keeping me warm and comfortable. It is much more common for me to get hot and sweaty than cold and shivering while working outside.<\/p><p><i><b>How long to take everything down?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Not very long in terms of labor hours, but 2-3 months in total. Mostly because I have to wait for the snow to melt to reel up all the extension cords and for the ground to thaw to pull up all the artificial tree anchors. Usually, if there is a warm weekend or weekday evening, I\u2019ll get some work in. But unlike setup, I won&#8217;t take any time off from work for put away.\u00a0Thus it is most often April before everything is completely stored away.<\/p><p><i><b>Where do you store everything?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Multiple places. We have a mezzanine storage level in the third car stall of our garage, along with three suspended shelving units and a number of strategically placed ceiling hooks. In addition, we have two dedicated resin storage sheds for artificial trees and string lights. It amounts to a lot of tubs and red tree bags.<\/p><p><i><b>Do you get lots of traffic driving by at night?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Not really. We don\u2019t promote or advertise our display in any way and our house is set back from the main county road, so there aren\u2019t many \u201ccasual drive-by\u201d cars who find our display by accident. There is some word of mouth and we do have a handful of \u201cregulars\u201d that make a point to drive out every year, but traffic is relatively sparse on most nights.<\/p><p><i><b>Do your neighbors complain?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Not that we are aware of or have ever heard. Neighbors will occasionally stop while I am setting up along the roadside to express compliments and thanks, plus we\u2019ve received multiple thank you cards and some really nice cookie platters from numerous non-neighbors.<\/p><p><i><b>How much money have you spent building the displays?<\/b><\/i><br \/>A lot more than I originally planned, that is certain. I prefer to not share an exact amount\u2014and I do know EXACTLY\u2014but suffice to say you most likely paid more in cellular phone charges or home internet access fees over the last 14 years than I have on Christmas decor. And I\u2019m also certain the amount is significantly less than what it would have cost to take up one of the other common Midwest hobbies (e.g., fishing, hunting, golfing, skiing, woodworking, season tickets, etc.).<\/p><p><i><b>What types of lights do you use?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Mostly GE Energy Smart Full Wave LED String Lights (M5, C5, and C6) acquired between 2010 and 2013. At the time I found them to have the best warm white and multicolor hues when compared to those of traditional incandescents. They feature faceted bulbs, are wired in parallel (so if one bulb fails the remaining lights stay lit), and utilize higher quality wire that doesn\u2019t curl or twist, which simplifies the task of draping them around a tree and coiling them in a tub for off-season storage. Most importantly, the bulbs are fully interchangeable across strings, which enables me to build custom-colored combination strings (<a href=\"#Detail_StringLights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more on that here<\/a>).<\/p><p>I also incorporate flood lights, wash panel lights, repurposed traffic balls (aka stoplights), and some rope lighting. I have yet to utilize any SMD 5050 RGB LED strip lights but have a bunch in stock waiting to be incorporated into several PVC-based display elements.<\/p><p><i><b>So you really like Christmas lights, huh?<\/b><\/i><br \/>Not really. While I certainly enjoy the holiday season, I\u2019m more fanatical about the process than the lights themselves. For me, the attraction lies in the creative design and problem solving aspects.<\/p><p>Much in the same manner an architect designing a custom house for a specific build site has to take into account numerous property variables (e.g., climate, land slope, sun exposure, etc.), I similarly have to factor such variables into the design of my displays. My property isn\u2019t a blank canvas\u2014it is full of mature trees, sloped in a variety of directions, and includes a number of areas susceptible to high wind gusts. The average temperature while setting up during November can range from 50\u00baF to 20\u00baF, and precipitation may come in the form of rain or snow, which can make for challenging wet and muddy conditions at times and frozen solid conditions at others. And once setup is complete, everything will eventually be covered by 12-24\u201d of snow.<\/p><p>Finally, I am constantly trying to build things as inexpensively as possible. Much like hypermilers obsessed with squeezing as much gas efficiency out of their vehicles as possible, I impose some strict procurement constraints and make every effort to maximize my dollars. For example, most of my string lights were acquired at 80-90% off regular price via post-Christmas sale purchases (by which I\u2019ve depleted entire product inventories at Lowe\u2019s\u2014multiple times). All of my artificial trees have been obtained for free via Craigslist donations or for $1 via local Goodwills. And my favorite construction material is PVC\u2014because it is not only versatile, but really cheap.<\/p><p>Ultimately, I do enjoy the glow of lights enveloping the surrounding yard, especially once it is blanketed by snow. However, it is the opportunity to design, build and implement something new dreamt up while mowing the lawn in July that gets me motivated to do the work in November.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a498619 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a498619\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dac9659\" data-id=\"dac9659\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abee7b elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9abee7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698df9e elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"698df9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;curly&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;Let&#039;s go back in time...&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Still reading? <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Let's go back in time...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac1ddd7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ac1ddd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbd49b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbd49b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ORIGINS &amp; BACKSTORY<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b6a0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8b6a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I was 9 years old my parents purchased a fishing and family vacation resort on Leech Lake near Walker, MN. The lodge featured a vaulted ceiling, which enabled my father to continue his tradition of displaying a real Christmas tree of at least 10&#8217;+ in height. My father had a preference for large, oversized holiday decor, as evidenced by the giant wreath hung each year on the front of the lodge. Outside the lodge and along the driveway and roadside were numerous mature spruce trees, a select few of which would be lit up each holiday season by strands of C9 warm white incandescent bulbs. They were so bright and prominent you could see them from a half-mile away as you emerged from the wooded shoreline and drove along Trader&#8217;s Bay to the resort&#8217;s main entry. During college this proved to be a comforting sight when I returned home for holiday break.<\/p>\n<p>When Kristin and I bought our first house in Eden Prairie I decorated the exterior with warm white icicle lights and a large wreath, placed strings of mini incandescents in the shrubs along the sidewalk and wrapped our lone maple tree in the front yard. It paled in comparison to the beacon of light created by my father years earlier, but it was satisfactory for us at the time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9977278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"9977278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1983: Me & Dad\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BHR_XMAS_001.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9977278\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Christmas @ Age 10\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc1MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0JIUl9YTUFTXzAwMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5OTc3Mjc4In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image 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href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BHR_XMAS_004.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9977278\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Spruce &amp; Pines @ Resort\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc1MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0JIUl9YTUFTXzAwNC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5OTc3Mjc4In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BHR_XMAS_004-300x201.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"201\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg0MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfRFNDRjAxOTEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOTk3NzI3OCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_DSCF0191-300x179.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"179\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEden Prairie Incandescents\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2008-2010 = ACQUISITION<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a82b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a82b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2008 we moved to the east side of the Twin Cities into a home located near Lake Elmo, MN. Situated on 2.5 acres the lot was filled with mature trees, including a row of six large spruce in the front yard. They went unlit that first holiday season, but I was determined to string them up the following year.<\/p><p>LED technology has been in use commercially since the 1960s, however they didn&#8217;t become economically viable for consumer grade holiday lighting until the early 2000s. By 2008 it was fairly evident incandescent mini lights would eventually be phased out, thus I committed to purchasing only LEDs. My first significant purchase took place after Christmas 2008 when I bought\u00a011 spools of white 200-count M5 strings at\u00a0Gerten&#8217;s, a local garden center. A few days later I went on a\u00a0shopping spree in search of heavily discounted product and hit up various retailers (Ace Hardware, Walgreen&#8217;s, Sam&#8217;s Club, Menards, etc.). I spent little time evaluating quality or considering future usage; I simply bought up any LEDs I could find discounted 75% or more.\u00a0I stacked all the boxes in our basement, completed an audit and created an inventory listing in Excel. Total count: 36,000+ individual bulbs across 588 strings. Impressive.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">At some point during 2009 I came to the realization my frantic and overzealous purchasing had resulted in an eclectic and incongruous mix of lights: 34 different combinations of bulb size, LED color, and string type, ranging from\u00a0140-count blue 5MM icicles to\u00a035-count\u00a0red-green color changing C6 strings. In addition, I had little understanding of how many lights were needed to fully dress one large spruce tree; it turned out to be a lot more than I originally thought. Thus\u00a0the 2009 holiday season came and went\u00a0without hanging any lights.<\/span><\/p><p>In early November 2010 I took advantage of a rebate offer to buy a large lot of GE half-wave cool white and multicolor 5MM LED strings, which provided more than enough lights for &#8220;the front yard six&#8221;.\u00a0However my father&#8217;s declining health while on hospice caused me to delay plans once again, and he passed away shortly after Thanksgiving. Reflection during the weeks after his funeral fostered a renewed determination to light up the yard the following holiday season.\u00a0I bought more lights via after-Christmas sales, and acquired a few artificial trees for $1 each from the local Goodwill store. At that point my inventory of lights and related decor had grown too large for the basement, necessitating the construction of a mezzanine storage platform in the third car stall of our garage the following spring.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a058aa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"a058aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1347.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a058aa3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2008: Lake Elmo House\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg3NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzNDcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTA1OGFhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1347-300x178.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"178\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2008: Lake Elmo House\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5079.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a058aa3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2008: The Front Yard Six\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzUwNzkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTA1OGFhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5079-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2008: The Front Yard Six\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1848.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a058aa3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2009: Initial Acquisitions\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzE4NDguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTA1OGFhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1848-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2009: Initial Acquisitions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0384.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a058aa3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2010: First Bulk Purchase\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc1NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAzODQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTA1OGFhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0384-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2010: First Bulk Purchase\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0999.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a058aa3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: Making Plans\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg3NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzA5OTkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTA1OGFhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0999-300x263.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"263\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011: Making Plans\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0046.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a058aa3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: Mezzanine Storage Construction\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg0MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAwNDYuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTA1OGFhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0046-300x199.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"199\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ef1006 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ef1006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23d348f\" data-id=\"23d348f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce8645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cce8645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2011-2012 = EXPERIMENTATION<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be88de7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be88de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was during the summer of 2011 while mowing the lawn that I started to view my yard as a canvas that could be painted with lights and framed by other natural elements. Hours of online research, Youtube viewing, and forum browsing (yes there are forums dedicated to Christmas lights) culminated in a vision for a display along the neighborhood road. In an attempt to utilize lights within my existing inventory I conceived a &#8220;snowflake wall&#8221; to be the focal point, centered between two groups of red pines and fronted by a row of artificial trees. While searching eBay for LED lights I discovered used traffic balls (aka stoplights) available for sale. Those were purchased and then retrofitted into freestanding wash lights. I purchased a 17&#8242; orchard ladder and telescoping extension pole to reach the tops of our tallest spruce trees and took advantage of good weather to work beyond Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p><p>It didn&#8217;t take long for me to cast a critical eye on my creation. The snowflake wall\u2014which consisted entirely of white lights\u2014was much too bright. It was intended to be a backdrop element and instead it overpowered and dwarfed the three small artificial trees in front of it. In addition, the red pine clusters on either side were unevenly lit by overtly noticeable\u00a0DIY wash lights.\u00a0Numerous other changes were noted and planning for next season began before the start of the new year.<\/p><p>I acquired more artificial trees via Craigslist giveaways, retrofitted more traffic balls into ground based wash lights, designed a trunk mounted extension arm for uplighting the large ash trees along the street, and swapped out white strings on the snowflake wall posts in favor of blue to give it better definition and lower its brightness. These and other changes were incorporated into the overall design for 2012 and good weather once again enabled setup to continue beyond Thanksgiving weekend.\u00a0It was a larger and more visually appealing display than the prior year, but my critical eye quickly saw opportunities for improvement and once again I found myself designing next year&#8217;s display while the current iteration was still set up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7eeebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"c7eeebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6862.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: Multicolor LEDs on Spruce\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzY4NjIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6862-200x300.jpg\" data-width=\"200\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011: Multicolor LEDs on Spruce\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6863.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: C7 LEDs on White Pine\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzY4NjMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6863-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011: C7 LEDs on White Pine\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6857.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: Front Yard Five\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzY4NTcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6857-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011: Front Yard Five\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6867.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: 5MM LEDs on Amour Maples\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzY4NjcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6867-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011: 5MM LEDs on Amour Maples\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6868.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: Roadside Trio\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzY4NjguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6868-300x300.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011: Roadside Trio\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6886.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2011: Snowflake Wall v1.0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzY4ODYuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_6886-300x212.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"212\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2011: Snowflake Wall v1.0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Busch_Kids_Tree_2011_B.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Christmas 2011\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc1NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0J1c2NoX0tpZHNfVHJlZV8yMDExX0IuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Busch_Kids_Tree_2011_B-300x268.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"268\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristmas 2011\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1310.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2012: Roadside Display\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg1MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzMTAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1310-300x87.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"87\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2012: Roadside Display\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1293.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2012: Snowflake Wall v2.0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg0OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEyOTMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1293-300x162.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"162\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2012: Snowflake Wall v2.0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1300.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c7eeebe\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2012: Front Yard Six\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg1MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzMDAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzdlZWViZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1300-300x155.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"155\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2012: Front Yard Six\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b3093 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d3b3093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf2414e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf2414e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44824ea\" data-id=\"44824ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd4b0df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd4b0df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2013-2016 = EVOLUTION<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f28d51d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f28d51d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2013 started off with what would prove to be my largest acquisition of lights, purchased from five different Lowe&#8217;s stores\u2014including a Hibbing location more than 3+ hours away that agreed to pack everything on a pallet and ship it to me. I continued to obtain more artificial trees via Goodwill and Craigslist, and started building elements for the front of our house. The snowflake wall was modified again, swapping white strings for yellow and adding a Bethlehem star that floated above. I retired cool white strings in favor of warm white and tried a new mix of color combinations on the artificial trees.\u00a0An early snowfall stopped setup before Thanksgiving and I was unable to fully string up the front yard spruce trees, which had been reduced to five after one died off during the summer due to needle cast.<\/p><p>A perfectly lit tree for me means the individual strings are indistinguishable; that is, the tree appears to be uniformly dotted by lights as opposed to holding a series of strings. Achieving this effect is challenging on 35&#8217;+ tall spruce trees given it requires so many lights, and thus a lot of physical effort standing on an orchard ladder with a long extension pole. In addition, real trees tend to grow and get taller while I get older and shorter (that&#8217;s science), making it harder to reach the top branches in subsequent years.\u00a0For these reasons, 2013 was the last year any of the front yard spruce trees were lit, and from that point forward I focused on developing &#8220;ground based&#8221; display elements.<\/p><p>In 2014 I grew the main roadside array to 17 trees and changed the color combinations. I also expanded the display to the west, placing an array of 13 artificial trees on my neighbors&#8217; property. I took a year off in 2015 due to work related projects and basketball coaching duties, but came back the following year with an even larger display: 38 artificial trees across three arrays.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f000ba7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"f000ba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;justified&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;ideal_row_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:200,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ideal_row_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:150,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ideal_row_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:150,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1399.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Hibbing Lowe&#039;s Shipment\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc1NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzOTkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1399-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Hibbing Lowe's Shipment\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1400.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Bulk Buy #3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc1OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzE0MDAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1400-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Bulk Buy #3\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1562.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Goodwill Trees\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc1OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzE1NjIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1562-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Goodwill Trees\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2064.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Front of House v1.0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIwNjQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2064-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Front of House v1.0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2043.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Snowflake Wall v3.0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIwNDMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2043-300x212.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"212\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Snowflake Wall v3.0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5705.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Roadside Display\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzU3MDUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5705-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Roadside Display\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5713.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Amour Maples\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg5MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzU3MTMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5713-300x300.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Amour Maples\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2062.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Spruce w\/ Custom C6 Strings\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg5NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIwNjIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2062-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Spruce w\/ Custom C6 Strings\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2060.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Spruce w\/ Custom C6 Strings\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg5NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIwNjAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2060-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Spruce w\/ Custom C6 Strings\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5672.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2013: Snow Family\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzU2NzIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_5672-300x200.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2013: Snow Family\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2337.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2014: Roadside Display Wide\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg5NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIzMzcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2337-300x127.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"127\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2014: Roadside Display Wide\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2331.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2014: Roadside Main Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg5NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIzMzEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2331-300x170.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"170\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2014: Roadside Main Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2330.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2014: Roadside West Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIzMzAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2330-300x176.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"176\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2014: Roadside West Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2199.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2016: Roadside East Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIxOTkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2199-300x131.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"131\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016: Roadside East Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2200.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2016: Roadside Trio\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIyMDAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2200-249x300.jpg\" data-width=\"249\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016: Roadside Trio\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2201.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2016: Roadside Main Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIyMDEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2201-300x122.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"122\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016: Roadside Main Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2202.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2016: Driveway Entry\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIyMDIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2202-300x145.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"145\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016: Driveway Entry\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2203.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2016: Roadside West Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc2NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIyMDMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2203-300x157.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"157\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016: Roadside West Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2083.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f000ba7\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2016: Driveway Trio w\/ PVC Trees\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjg5MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzIwODMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjAwMGJhNyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_2083-300x194.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"194\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016: Driveway Trio w\/ PVC Trees\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daab638 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"daab638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1b3b29\" data-id=\"e1b3b29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1558b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1558b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2017-2019 = HIATUS<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632bd45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"632bd45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Spare time was in short supply during November 2017 due to weeknight youth basketball practices and weekend tournaments. And after delaying setup due to 10+ days of bad weather, I opted to take the year off.<\/p><p>A year later more uncooperative weather combined with a new product launch for my employer and time spent escorting my mother to the Mayo Clinic limited me to setting up an array in the front yard and a few front of house elements.<\/p><p>Helping relocate my mother into a senior care facility in the fall of 2019 caused me once again to terminate most of my setup plans, with only the front of house elements coming out of storage for the holiday season.<\/p><p>Three straight years of minimal lights left me questioning whether to continue my hobby. I opted to wait until the following spring before making a decision, knowing if I were to sell off my lights they would command a higher price in September and October.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e78a574 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e78a574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f12b2ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f12b2ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fa8bbb\" data-id=\"9fa8bbb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd165d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd165d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2020-2021 = REVELATION<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764a91c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764a91c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before spring arrived COVID-19 effectively shut down social activities in March of 2020, and the extra free time inside the house gave me an opportunity to reevaluate all aspects of my display\u2014location, design, layout, order of setup, etc. Ultimately I concluded the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I greatly preferred &#8220;ground bound&#8221; setup and had no interest in spending hours in the cold balancing atop my orchard ladder. Artificial tree arrays were&nbsp;predictable: they stayed the same height, took roughly the same amount of set up time each year, and were cheap to acquire.<\/li>\n<li>I really enjoyed having lights positioned where I could see them from INSIDE our home and&nbsp;had yet to display anything in our back yard despite it being conveniently close to power and storage. The main roadside array and snowflake wall were in the perfect location, but elements to the east and west were inconvenient to setup and completely invisible to us indoors.<\/li>\n<li>I waited to start set up until the fall yard work was complete in order to keep the ground clear, but there was no reason I couldn&#8217;t install trunk mounted and house related elements earlier when weather was more predictable and comfortable.<\/li>\n<li>I always found myself trying to remember where elements and components were stored or having to refigure how they assembled, which made set up take longer than estimated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These and other revelations led to a significant redesign of my displays:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">The array previously displayed to the east of the main roadside array was relocated to the front yard and redesigned to include the PVC trees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">The artificial trees previously displayed on my neighbors&#8217; property to the west were repurposed for use in a newly designed array for the back yard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Numerous elements were&nbsp;<\/span>redesigned and eventually rebuilt and\/or reconfigured to speed set up. Most notably was the snowflake wall, which I swapped out string lights in favor of large prop snowflakes I coated with UV paint to be hung on a cargo net and lit by black lights.<\/li>\n<li>New elements were added to incorporate lights in a manner that didn&#8217;t interfere with fall yard cleanup and thus capable of setup in October. The most noticeable: 18 red pines along the driveway whose trunks got wrapped in warm white M5 strings.<\/li>\n<li>During set up in 2020 I took photos to document set up processes and storage locations, created step-by-step installation guides and relabeled every tub, bin and bag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unseasonably warm weather allowed for set up to continue until the second week of December. After the start of the new year I picked up more artificial trees via Goodwill and Craigslist for the back yard array and spent a weekend&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 15.839999px;\">retrofitting<\/span>&nbsp;them with anchor rigging.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">In July 2021 I was informed by my employer of 16+ years that my department was being eliminated and I was to be granted a generous severance package. After a couple weeks of vacation, I took advantage of the extra time to finish several landscaping projects\u2014including a new shed for back yard array tree and light storage\u2014and then&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15.839999px;\">turned my attention to setting up my largest and most audacious display.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.839999px;\">I built custom strings for the new trees in the back yard array, and assembled&nbsp;<\/span>additional<span style=\"font-size: 15.839999px;\">&nbsp;trunk mounted uplight fixtures. I&nbsp;replaced lights on the two PVC trees with warm white icicles to create a fountain effect, outfitted four of my wire twig trees with red and green C6 strings, and then incorporated all six trees into the front yard array.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Good&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">weather<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">&nbsp;enabled set up to extend well beyond Thanksgiving, but I still failed to get all of the planned lights on display.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9b92a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"f9b92a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: Roadside Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9133.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f9b92a3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: Roadside Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMzMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjliOTJhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9133-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" 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href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_JKBO4963.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f9b92a3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: Driveway Trunk Wraps &amp; Spruce Trio\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkwNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSktCTzQ5NjMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjliOTJhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_JKBO4963-300x153.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"153\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: Driveway Trunk Wraps & Spruce Trio\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9126.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f9b92a3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: Driveway Trunk Wraps\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkwOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMjYuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjliOTJhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9126-267x300.jpg\" data-width=\"267\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: Driveway Trunk Wraps\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9120.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f9b92a3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Front Yard Trunk Wraps\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMjAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjliOTJhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9120-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFront Yard Trunk Wraps\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9013.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f9b92a3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: Front Yard Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc3OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkwMTMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjliOTJhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9013-300x147.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"147\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: Front Yard Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9125.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f9b92a3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: Front Yard Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMjUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjliOTJhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9125-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: Front Yard Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_JVIK9648.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f9b92a3\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: Backyard Array\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSlZJSzk2NDguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjliOTJhMyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_JVIK9648-300x175.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"175\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: Backyard Array\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98dd05d elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"98dd05d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c22e4d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c22e4d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a0ce84\" data-id=\"7a0ce84\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e3d24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5e3d24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2022 = REFLECTION<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b89a19d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b89a19d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shortly after putting everything back in storage I committed to taking the following holiday season off. At the time I was searching for my next job and projected having little calendar availability in the fall for Christmas display setup. In September I accepted a new role, and as predicted, quickly found myself with little free time as I attempted to onboard with a new organization.<\/p><p>HOWEVER, I&#8217;m already making plans for next year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1160a1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d1160a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f05052 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f05052\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-360d5dc\" data-id=\"360d5dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d84ece7 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"d84ece7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;underline_zigzag&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;below...&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Wow...you got this far?<br>Final details <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">below...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-590f943 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"590f943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14bb26a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14bb26a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DISPLAY ELEMENTS &amp; SETUP<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cebb342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cebb342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the truly bored, intellectually curious and\/or pain-loving readers who have scrolled down to this point, I offer you more information on what I use and how it&#8217;s done.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bbf3b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bbf3b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"Detail_StringLights\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>String Lights<\/i><\/b><br \/>All of my strings are LED and most are wired in parallel (so if one bulb fails the rest stay lit). The vast majority of my strings are GE EnergySmart full-wave LEDs, purchase either in warm white or multicolor (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Pink). To achieve my desired color combinations I custom configure strings by hand\u2014removing individual bulbs and then reseating them in required pattern. It&#8217;s tedious work, but usually done while\u00a0watching\u00a0a movie or a sporting event (much like knitting).<\/p><p>All LED Christmas lights are cycled on and off many times per second. It&#8217;s how LED technology works, and part of the reason they are more energy-efficient than incandescents.\u00a0But the frequency of how often bulbs cycle on and off can vary, often referred to as either &#8220;half-wave&#8221; or &#8220;full-wave&#8221; design.\u00a0The cycle speed of full-wave lights is 120 times per second and is undetectable to human eyes. The cycle speed of half-wave lights is 60 times per second, which is perceptible for many people and usually noticed as a detectable flicker.\u00a0Not everyone notices it, but for those who do it can be an annoying feature that detracts from their enjoyment of LED Christmas lights. I&#8217;m one of those people.<\/p><p>Nearly all the LED strings I\u00a0purchased when I started in 2008 and 2009 were half-wave and have since been sold, given away or discarded. Yep, that&#8217;s right: the 36,000+ lights I originally purchased over a two year period are no longer part of my display.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348100d elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"348100d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_YEXY2916.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"348100d\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Array Design &amp; Layout\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgwNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfWUVYWTI5MTYuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzQ4MTAwZCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_YEXY2916-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArray Design & Layout\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_AEOY5642.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"348100d\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Making Strings\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfQUVPWTU2NDIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzQ4MTAwZCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_AEOY5642-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaking Strings\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9047.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"348100d\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"My Assistant\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc5NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkwNDcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzQ4MTAwZCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9047-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMy Assistant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af4438f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af4438f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Artificial Tree Arrays<\/i><\/b><br \/>I discovered how easy and cheap it is to acquire artificial Christmas trees by accident, but it has become the most prominent element in my displays. And anytime I find myself in Lowes or Home Depot during November watching a young couple pushing a cart with a $300 artificial tree on it towards the check out aisle I am tempted to stop them and insist they wait 30 days and get one for free via Craigslist. But do I? Nope. I bite my tongue, for better or worse.<\/p><p>Artificial trees come in two branch constructions: detached and fixed (or what I call branch and hinge). Detached style trees have removable branches, whereas fixed style have branches permanently attached to the trunk and fold up or collapse like an umbrella for storage. I prefer detached because they are faster to set up (given the\u00a0branches can be fanned apart from the trunk) and more compact when storing. However the majority of artificial trees sold in the last 10+ years utilize a fixed style construction.<\/p><p>To keep a tree standing straight and secure it to the ground I devised a custom three-point adjustable cabled anchoring system that utilizes clothesline tighteners, turnbuckles and tent stakes or ground corkscrews. I store trees individually in red canvas bags, with lights stored separately in tubs. So while my cost per tree is usually a $1 or less, my total cost jumps to $30+ after I&#8217;ve retrofitted it with rigging for outdoor use and strung it up with lights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3d9d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"b3d9d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0003.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b3d9d0f\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Array Design &amp; Layout\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX1NFVFVQX0lNR18wMDAzLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImIzZDlkMGYifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0003-300x237.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"237\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArray Design & Layout\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0162.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b3d9d0f\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Rigging &amp; Anchoring\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAxNjIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjNkOWQwZiJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0162-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRigging & Anchoring\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0163.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b3d9d0f\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Branch Assembly\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAxNjMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjNkOWQwZiJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0163-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBranch Assembly\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9123.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b3d9d0f\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"My Tallest Artificial = 13&#039;\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgwMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMjMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjNkOWQwZiJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9123-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMy Tallest Artificial = 13'\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-151ba36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"151ba36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Uplights<\/i><\/b><br \/>I\u00a0build my own uplights in a variety of styles. My oldest are ground based, PVC-framed panel lights made red and green traffic balls (aka stoplights) purchased used via eBay. I also have used red traffic balls affixed to trunk-mounted extension arms to uplight hardwood trees. The red pine clusters that frame the roadside display are lit up via trunk mounted PVC brackets with LED floodlights. All PVC components are painted flat black or stained black using Rekahoil dye to conceal them in the dark. While uplights are extremely effective at illuminating trees, they can be tedious to set up given the number of extension cords required to individually power them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ed021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"b0ed021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0519.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b0ed021\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Trunk Mounted Extension Arm\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc5NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzA1MTkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjBlZDAyMSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0519-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrunk Mounted Extension Arm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0218.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b0ed021\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Front Yard Uplighting\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgxNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTXzIwMjFfSU1HXzAyMTguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjBlZDAyMSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_2021_IMG_0218-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFront Yard Uplighting\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0131.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b0ed021\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Trunk Mounted Fixture\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAxMzEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjBlZDAyMSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0131-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrunk Mounted Fixture\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9129.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b0ed021\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Roadside Uplighting\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgwNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMjkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYjBlZDAyMSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9129-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoadside Uplighting\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eb3994 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6eb3994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Trunk Wraps<\/i><\/b><br \/>Kristin&#8217;s favorite lights are the warm white trunk wraps on the 18 white pines along the driveway. I like them as well, especially because they are the first element set up (usually in warm weather) and are relatively quick and easy to install. I use a product call TreE-Z Wrap that provides hooks to zig-zag strings on a tree and it greatly simplifies installation and makes &#8220;unwrapping&#8221; really fast. The only problem I&#8217;ve experienced is\u00a0squirrels chewing on the light strings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abd20b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"abd20b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0006.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"abd20b6\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"TreE-Z Wrap Strip System\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkyMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX1NFVFVQX0lNR18wMDA2LmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImFiZDIwYjYifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0006-300x169.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"169\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTreE-Z Wrap Strip System\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0007.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"abd20b6\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"TreE-Z Wrap Closeup\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX1NFVFVQX0lNR18wMDA3LmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImFiZDIwYjYifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0007-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTreE-Z Wrap Closeup\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0124.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"abd20b6\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Wrapped Power Strip\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAxMjQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYWJkMjBiNiJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0124-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWrapped Power Strip\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9120.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"abd20b6\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Front Yard Trunk Wraps\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMjAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYWJkMjBiNiJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9120-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFront Yard Trunk Wraps\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93f18b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93f18b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Snowflake Wall<\/i><\/b><br \/>It was the first DIY element conceived and built and it has undergone multiple redesigns and iterations. It consists of four 4&#8243; PVC towers wrapped in garland and blue C6 string lights. Each is kept straight and secured to\u00a0the ground via braided cable connected to permanently installed corkscrew ground. Horizontal cross beams at the top and bottom create frames spanned and held square by 10&#8242; x 10&#8242; elastic cargo nets. Blue icicle lights are hung across the top beam and then large prop snowflakes are hung via\u00a0paracord and clipped to the cargo net to prevent twisting\u00a0and\u00a0swinging in the wind. Four ground\u00a0based black-light floods illuminate the UV painted snowflakes to create a subtle glowing backdrop for the roadside tree array.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c51eba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"c51eba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0001.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c51eba8\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Snowflake Wall Anchoring\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX1NFVFVQX0lNR18wMDAxLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImM1MWViYTgifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0001-300x247.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"247\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnowflake Wall Anchoring\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0125.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c51eba8\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Snowflake Wall Frame Assembled\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAxMjUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzUxZWJhOCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0125-300x225.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"225\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnowflake Wall Frame Assembled\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0005.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c51eba8\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Snowflake Wall Layout\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX1NFVFVQX0lNR18wMDA1LmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImM1MWViYTgifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0005-300x170.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"170\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnowflake Wall Layout\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9128.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c51eba8\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: Snowflake Wall v4.0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkwOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMjguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzUxZWJhOCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9128-300x221.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"221\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: Snowflake Wall v4.0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3e580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c3e580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>House Elements<\/i><\/b><br \/>The main entry door is framed by warm white garland lights, a large wreath above and two 3&#8242; artificial trees set up in large ceramic pots on either side. White backlit snowflakes are hung between windows and above the main garage doors. The sidewalk light pole is wrapped in garland\u00a0with red and white rope lighting. Pine boughs with warm white lights are hung beneath the main garage lights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef31963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"ef31963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9111.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ef31963\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Front Door Elements\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkyOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMTEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWYzMTk2MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9111-241x300.jpg\" data-width=\"241\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFront Door Elements\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9118.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ef31963\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Backlit Snowflake\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgwMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMTguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWYzMTk2MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9118-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBacklit Snowflake\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9119.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ef31963\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Light Pole Wrap\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgwMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMTkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWYzMTk2MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9119-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLight Pole Wrap\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9115.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ef31963\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Garage Pine Swags\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc5OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMTUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWYzMTk2MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9115-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGarage Pine Swags\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9113.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ef31963\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Corner Candy Cane Bush\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkyNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMTMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWYzMTk2MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9113-273x300.jpg\" data-width=\"273\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorner Candy Cane Bush\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9110.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ef31963\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"2020: House Elements Wide\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkyNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxMTAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWYzMTk2MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9110-300x157.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"157\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020: House Elements Wide\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed0d7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ed0d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Power Feeds<\/i><\/b><br \/>People are often surprised to learn my\u00a0display is effectively powered by six extension cords, something possible only with LED lighting. I utilize photocell sensor timers to automatically switch on lights at dusk and shut them off 8 hours later (usually a little after midnight). Running extension cords used to be one of the first things I did for set up. However I changed my approach in 2020 and now use a Jackery 500W portable power supply to temporarily light display\u00a0elements as needed and then run extension cords once set up is complete. This enables me to start setting up the display in October and still\u00a0do late fall mowing, leaf mulching\u00a0and\u00a0yard cleanup into November.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88644e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"88644e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0002.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"88644e5\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Master Power Routing\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX1NFVFVQX0lNR18wMDAyLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6Ijg4NjQ0ZTUifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_SETUP_IMG_0002-239x300.jpg\" data-width=\"239\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaster Power Routing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0182.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"88644e5\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Photocell Timers\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc5MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAxODIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODg2NDRlNSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0182-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotocell Timers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0130.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"88644e5\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Pine Cluster Uplight Power Strip\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzAxMzAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODg2NDRlNSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_0130-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPine Cluster Uplight Power Strip\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9175.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"88644e5\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Roadside Display Power Point\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjk5MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzkxNzUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODg2NDRlNSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_9175-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoadside Display Power Point\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56bfc77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56bfc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Organization &amp; Storage<\/i><\/b><br \/>It is important to note our garage is insulated and heated, thus I can comfortably work in my shop area and repair elements and prep equipment throughout set up. It also means our cars are parked outside for most of November as I most often overtake all available floor space to\u00a0stage lighting tubs and tree bags. I took advantage of time made available by COVID-19 to reorganize, document and relabel all the bins and bags utilized for storage, which helped greatly in 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-779b243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"779b243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;image_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;grow&quot;,&quot;background_overlay_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1354.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"779b243\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"String Light Tub Storage\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzNTQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzc5YjI0MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1354-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tString Light Tub Storage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1356.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"779b243\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Backlit Snowflake Storage\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzNTYuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzc5YjI0MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1356-225x300.jpg\" data-width=\"225\" data-height=\"300\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBacklit Snowflake Storage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1351.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"779b243\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Snowflake Wall &amp; Artificial Tree Storage\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjgzNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzNTEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzc5YjI0MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1351-300x170.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"170\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSnowflake Wall & Artificial Tree Storage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1358.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"779b243\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Stored Extension Cords\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjk5MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2VyaWNqYnVzY2guY29tXC9FSkJfMjAyMlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMlwvMTJcL0VKQl9YTUFTX0hJU1RfSU1HXzEzNTguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzc5YjI0MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/ericjbusch.com\/EJB_2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/EJB_XMAS_HIST_IMG_1358-300x169.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"169\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStored Extension Cords\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3430c elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9d3430c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M413.1 222.5l22.2 22.2c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L241 473c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L12.7 278.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.2-22.2c9.5-9.5 25-9.3 34.3.4L184 343.4V56c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h32c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v287.4l114.8-120.5c9.3-9.8 24.8-10 34.3-.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5b9dea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5b9dea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff7f81b\" data-id=\"ff7f81b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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