Before the storm

Before the storm arrives decorations were out in full. Large Parols decorating the roads. But most have been taken down in anticipation of typhoon Ruby.

This vendor selling parols walked the bridge to Mactan and
later in the day we saw him far along the road in Lapu Lapu.

The nativity scene inside the parol is fun.

The tarpaulins on the billboards are all rolled up
all over the island in preparation for the storm

The nativity scene in our neighborhood. It is put away for the storm.

They trimmed all the trees completely down in our neighborhood and out on the roads

Before the storm the trees all had Parols in them, now most of the stars are
all gone but a few still remained in the trees after the trimming.

For our Christmas decorations I hung the star above our table
with some leftover bells I had.

I bought this star for the holidays and have enjoyed it.

We had this tree last year and we brought it out again to decorate the office.

Tree is made out of corn husks

Parols hanging above my desk in the office