Week Fifty Two, the end of the year

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Our post-midwinter solstice celebration table (we like to keep it simple).

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Three wise (or wine?) men

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Family cards have pride of place on the mantle shelf

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As one of the wise men who visited on 25th is vegan, we saved our turkey until 27th

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Knitted cardies for the four gorgeous granddaughters

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We still have a few mince pies left

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As we made the decision to do the sky first, progress is slow on the jigsaw puzzle this year.

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The newest member of the family, Stan the grandkitten, wishes you a peaceful and relaxing new year.

How was your year?

Week Fifty One

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Dawn

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Crackers

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Festive family get-together

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Guinness

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Christmas cards

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The hyacinths that I grew myself from bulbs are nowhere near ready, so I went out and bought some.

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However, our four-year-old Peace Lily has decided to flower for the first time.

How was your week?

Advent Calendar Day 22

Happy Mid-winter Solstice

Linking with Julie

Advent Calendar Day 21

Another batch of home-made vegan mince pies

Advent Calendar Day 20

You might think that alcohol plays a big part in our festive celebrations, and you would be correct.

Advent Calendar Day 19

We had our annual family festive get-together, a great time was had by all

Linking with Julie

Advent Calendar Day 18

With only one week to go, I think the Baileys will be opened this evening.

Linking with Julie

Week Fifty

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Lazing in the bath takes on a whole new level of relaxation with this lovely scented candle burning while I soak.

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Wetherspoons is looking very seasonal . . .

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. . . as is our mantle shelf in the front room.

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Mince pies have been specially home-made for GO the vegan

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It's been so mild, all the plants think it's spring,

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. . . as do the daffodil bulbs.

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Slightly earlier than usual, because we think it's going to be difficult, we have started our annual jigsaw puzzle.

How was your week?