Swansong
I decided this morning that the Christmas decorations were coming down. I’m not superstitious, and therefore I’ve never been wedded to the Twelfth Night tradition – I just take them down when I’ve had enough of them. On at least … Continued
Anticipation
R and I had a lovely, happy family day with the Family B, H and S, and my sister, brother-in-law, and nephews, and felt very lucky to be able to be with them all again after so long. Baby B … Continued
Emergency wreath
I’m still not feeling the whole Christmas thing, though it’s possible I’ll have worked my way round to it by about Easter. I’m making desultory gestures towards it now though, and today’s were to dig out the Advent arch light … Continued
‘Tis the season…
…. For wondering how on earth you’re going to take a photograph when it’s so dark in the house that you need all the lights on in the middle of the day. And then remembering that the Christmas tree looks … Continued
A dark day
General Election day. The exit polls just came in, and I’m broken. If I had anywhere to escape to, I’d go. If you voted for this, do me a favour and say nothing – managing to ‘be excellent’ would be … Continued
Tree-trimming fizz
Right – let’s do the tree. OK. Ummm… do we really use three sets of lights? We do. Right. Well – they all work, so that’s good. Oh….. Wait – no – yes – what???? They did work!! What the….?? … Continued
Sunday still life
Storm Freya raged through the Shire today, and I stayed in the house and avoided her. Apart from the quarter hour I spent setting up and taking this photo, and an hour in the kitchen this evening, cooking and eating … Continued