Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Nancy Edmonds of Schenectady, a volunteer for the Schenectady County Historical Society, decorates a Christmas tree at the society’s Washington Avenue headquarters for the upcoming “Festival of Trees.” The society — and the nearby YWCA — will show off bright evergreens beginning Friday and running through Sunday, Dec. 7.
Ann Eignor of East Glenville decorates an evergreen with pinecones and berries at the Schenectady County Historical Society. Festivals are being held in Schenectady and several other communities during the next few weeks.
