First -- I've got a story in today's LA Times' Home section. (Lovely photo gallery, too, with pix by Kirk McKoy.)
And now, this tag, small but full of promise:
It marks the start of the season at our house, the 15 minutes 30 minutes hour spent at Treeland in Calabasas, trying to choose which of the beautiful and fragrant potted Monterey pines will come home for the holidays.