00:00 Really they're just to make people smile.
00:02 So my wife was diagnosed with paranasal melanoma in August 2020
00:10 and unfortunately passed away in June 2021.
00:15 And at that point we realised when she was initially diagnosed
00:19 on our trips to the hospital and back
00:22 that people walked down our road often with bad news and sad news.
00:27 And our trees are quite significant.
00:30 So Sarah saw something on the internet
00:32 where someone decorated their conifer trees
00:35 and said look can we do something similar with ours just to make people smile.
00:40 So I took a picture off the internet and just developed that idea
00:45 and it's turned into this now.
00:47 So this is the fourth year that we've done it
00:50 and it's developed a little bit more every year.
00:52 This year we've got eyes on them.
00:55 Converted space hoppers and acrylic paints pretty much.
00:59 And the small one at the front has got little beach balls on it.
01:03 But yeah it's just to make people smile on the way back from the hospital
01:07 where people can have just bad news.
01:10 And it seems to work. People are smiling.
01:12 So yeah that's what it's there for.
01:14 Certainly my friends and neighbours they all look forward to it being there.
01:19 I think people talk to me in the summer
01:21 so I'm the chap that decorates his trees.
01:23 So yeah it's positive.
01:26 It does make people smile.
01:28 People have been up and down the road having a look
01:30 and it's been on social media.
01:32 So yeah it all helps remember Sarah
01:34 and also help people's mood walking down the street.
01:38 It's been great for us.
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