Christmas Past and Present

Holiday decorating is in full swing around Rosario Resort. Pictured below is Deena Stitt putting the final touches on the Music Room tree.


Deena works in our Maintenance Department as “Director of Paint." After being a dental assistant and 20 years in construction around Tacoma, Deena moved to Orcas Island in July and has had a paint brush in her hand ever since. She says coming to Orcas Island “was the best move of my life.” We are fortunate to have her as she always has a smile on her face. In her spare time she does what she does at work, only on a miniature scale… she builds amazing miniature doll houses. To get Deena to help decorate the mansion we simply told her it was a very large doll house!

Seeing the tree all decorated made me dig through the photo archives from Christmas’ past. Below is the Moran Family tree, circa 1916-20, decorated with Christmas Cards and popcorn… lots and lots of popcorn!