.....accidentally setting fire to the kitchen table.

Lots of nice gifts for all including the dogs. Today we had a lovely dinner in the afternoon and all chilled. Happy to just be here in one piece and just enjoy the day. Bed soon. Tired.

Mish and I went down to the village to collect our turkey from the farm. I parked the van outside a barn where sheep were having their breakfast. Mish barked at first but soon stopped. When I got back ...

Not really time to do much, busy prepping lunch.

In the last of the afternoon light on a remarkably mild Christmas Eve. It was 12c this afternoon and could almost have been a spring day - there are wild garlic shoots already poking through the ...

2 Carol Services today - the first centering on the Angels message to the Shepherds and how we can only find real peace through the one whose birth we are celebrating. The second looking at the name ...

We proudly present you our good wishes in the form of you Christmas card. It's a family tradition since 1997 to create an own card. We had a lovely gathering with all kids with C. and baby Pi. During ...

Home baked sausage rolls for the staff. Better get them quick before Dave eats them.

The half dozen bee and honeycomb light catchers I have been making are now finished. The final two were put together at the Men's Shed this morning. For these light catchers I have used chain to ...

....in West Cork but the jigsaw is on its way (1000 pieces, very hard) and the Cake is iced. An early Christmas has already been enjoyed in New Zealand and we had a good catch up last night, Esme ...

Dear O'H dear and Lovely Tea Jenny, I was in my happy place doing Christmas baking today. We have mini mince pies, shortbread* (and Christmas popcorn, a lot of which were eaten before even making it ...