boise's christmas tree {and our amazing timing}

we were downtown this morning,

and had to stop while dozens

dozens!

of police officers drove by

with their lights flashing.

i've never seen that many cops

in one place. 

was president obama visiting our fair city?

paula broadwell on a book tour??

justin bieber???

santa?!?!

then we saw it

the biggest christmas tree ever,

just exiting the freeway,

brushing the undersides of the traffic lights.
we knew it had to be headed

for the capital building.

we were on our way to brunch at goldy's,

exactly the route the tree was taking.

we had a police escort the entire way.

turning the corner from myrtle to capital

then, a straight shot to the capital building

see goldy's below, red bricks on the far right

the egyptian theatre below, left

{it's a wonderful life on the capital street marquee}

after brunch, we drove by to see it going up

it will be lit on november 26th.

this tree was given to the city by a local woman
whose husband planted it almost 50 years ago.

read the story here.
see more photos here.

♥