The sun has set and the Christmas lights look awesome.

Up and around the one pillar, gently caressing the bricks, across the front of the porch in four aesthetically pleasing and calming curves, down the other pillar like a baby's laughter, and, the kicker, something entirely new (my dad's idea because there was still a bunch of feet left on the last string): back across the front of the porch--doubling it up.

It looks really good.