A Christmas wreath for the Music Shack
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325759)
Rockingham, Australia
November 18, 2018 6:23am CST
Our outdoor concert will be held today week and we are slowly getting organised. We like to decorate the Shack a little bit and this year we’re having a Christmas theme. Mostly the decorations are cut out of cardboard then spray-painted. They are a bit rough and ready but they match the Shack which is itself a bit rough and ready.
We have put the screen round the men’s urinal but I haven’t taken a photo of it yet. Before we could put up the screen we had to get rid of a bull-ant nest which has been created since the last concert at the base of one of the support poles. Bull-ants give a very nasty bite and are quite aggressive.
We’ve made a wreath from a piece of flexible hose which is left over from when we converted the bus into a motor-home. It’s been covered with tinsel and looks quite effective. We’ll string more tinsel around the walls and that will be it. I'll put up another photo when we've finished decorating.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Nov 18
When I was a child, I was out playing in my grandmother's yard when I got tired and wanted to rest. She had a big banyan tree in her yard, and I went to sit at the base of it and ended up sitting in a bull-ant nest. Within seconds I was covered from head to toe with bull ants, and sustained multiple stings all over my body. My grandmother had to take me to the emergency room at the hospital just in case I had an allergic reaction to all the bites, or in case my throat started swelling shut and I had difficulty breathing. Fortunately, I did not have any allergic reaction to the bites, but needless to say I was in quite some pain for a while. The hospital gave me some topical ointment to rub on the bites, as well as some medicine to take to help relieve the stings and swelling.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Nov 18
@JudyEv It was the second worst bite/sting event that ever happened to me. The worst was when I stepped on a hornets nest when I was a kid and got stung by dozens of hornets all over my face.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov 18
@moffittjc Goodness, you don't do things by halves do you?
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
18 Nov 18
Very nice fast wreath. I wonder if your Bull ants are the same as our Fire Ants. I have heard to put diatomaceous earth in the next.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov 18
Possibly they are similar if not the same. I think fire ants eat anything in their path don't they? Or is that a different type of ant?
@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
18 Nov 18
I'm sure the Shack will look very festive with all the decorations and everyone will enjoy a good time. Those Bull-ants could have caused some problems if you hadn't found them.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov 18
If we had carried on we would have been bound to be bitten. I got bitten last year so we were on the lookout for them.
@anya12adwi (6037)
• India
19 Nov 18
Wow, you gave me an idea for diy.. I have plenty of those kind of pipes at home but never thought, these could be used like this
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Nov 18
@anya12adwi I'm sure it will. Don't forget to post about it here when you've finished it.
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@anya12adwi (6037)
• India
20 Nov 18
@JudyEv I will make a flowery wreath and hang it by making it 3 tier.. It will look lovely, hope so..
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
19 Nov 18
That makes a nice wreath. Will you string lights as well?
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
19 Nov 18
@JudyEv Well thAt is good.Too bad you can't invite the horse..lol.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Nov 18
@snowy22315 Wouldn't it be great to have a heap of myLotters turn up? 
@allknowing (130066)
• India
19 Nov 18
The wreath is pretty. Green the Christmas colou is missing though.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
19 Nov 18
@JudyEv You can always get it I suppose You have a handy man around I know
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Nov 18
@allknowing We put the wreath up this morning and some other decorations although none of it is elaborage.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 Nov 18
That is a clever wreath and attendees will be glad the bull ant are nowhere near the urinal. What kind of music will you have this time?
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov 18
The artiste for this show is Emily Barker who was born and raised in a town just half an hour down the road. Her name is Emily Barker. She wrote and performed the theme tune for the TV shows Wallander and The Shadow Line and has since written music for a couple of films. We saw a special showing of one, Hector, in her home town and the film was very good as was the music. Her music is mostly folk I guess.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Nov 18
@JudyEv That sounds great! I went to her website and listened to some ballads. She is really good!
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Nov 18
@JamesHxstatic She has really come into her own over the last decade I suppose. Luckily she is coming home for Christmas and asked if she could do a concert here. We don't usually have bands twice unless they are really good but she has done both an indoor and an outdoor concert for us before. Numbers are down a bit but everyone gets very busy over Christmas. We have a bit over 70 coming and may get a few more at the last minute.
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@kobesbuddy (74554)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 Nov 18
What a pretty wreath, I would love to see your shack all decorated! Christmas is a wonderful theme, for your concert:)
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@kobesbuddy (74554)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 Nov 18
@JudyEv Great news! I can't wait to see it, all decorated:)
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@arunima25 (85274)
• Bangalore, India
18 Nov 18
That is a wise use of the left over hose...best out of waste
And I am sure the decoration will look very festive.
And I am sure the decoration will look very festive.1 person likes this
@arunima25 (85274)
• Bangalore, India
19 Nov 18
@JudyEv And it has come out so beautiful perfect for the theme. I think you do not need to waste money on decoration when you have such a creative brain.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Nov 18
Way to go! Using that hose again!
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Nov 18
Sometimes I think maybe everything is meant to have a second chance at being useful.
