Minimal decorating for Christmas was on tap for 2017. I planned to do a tree and nothing more. Let's face it, getting the tree from the basement is a pretty big deal. Getting ornaments from the third floor is another big deal and requires more than one trip as did the tree itself. So that's what I did. I settled on black and gold as the theme for my silver tree this year. That included the wrapping for presents too. My grandsons got pretty excited when they saw all the wrapped presents until they were reminded that Grandma wraps empty boxes. I felt good having my decorating finished early but then I realized I should probably take the bright orange and yellow leaves off the front door and replace them with something more seasonal. No big deal. Reflections are always a problem when trying to photograph this door. I tried one last time. This time I got the radiator inside the house, the storm door I'm holding open, the mail carrier and the house a