No theme today (ok, sometimes often there is no real theme!), just a rather random collection of photos.
We had lots of fun and laughter at last night's Abbey Quilters' Christmas party. We played our two silly games. A very brief description of the games:- the first one - everyone has a wrapped fat quarter. We sit in a circle and Sandra, the Chairman, reads out a story featuring Mr & Mrs Wright. Every time she says (W)right, we pass thhe parcel to the right, and every time she says left (yes, you've guessed!) we pass the parcel to the left. At the end of the story, you open your parcel to see the fat quarter, hoping it will be something you like! The second game - everyone has a raffle ticket, the holder of the first ticket drawn takes a wrapped fat quarter from the bag and unwraps it. The next person either takes another parcel from the bag, or if they prefer the already opened one, they "steal" it, in which case that person has to take another one from the bag, and so it goes on (I hope you followed that) It soon devolves into chaos, as there are always several fat quarters that everyone covets, so there is a lot of stealing! Mine was the first ticket drawn, so of course I picked the parcel wrapped in owl paper! Unfortunately that revealed a rather boring brown fabric, which no-one wanted to stteal,robbing me of the chance of acquiring either of two sheepie fabrics! The other fat quarter is from the Mr & Mrs Wright game
but for me, the best part of the night was when Anne S gave me a present .......she saw these and promptly thought of me! They will be a very special addition to the real hot chocolate that I have on Friday mornings when we have a cupppa in the middle of doing the housework (thank you Anne for such a super present!!)
I love to have fresh flowers in the house, which I put in this crystal vase, which I have had for forty years. When Stuart was a tot it sat on the floor in a corner with big paper flowers in it (well, it was fashionable then!) and amazingly survived! The lilies are really fragrant - every time I walk past I pause to enjoy the scent
we are in Berwick tonight. On the way we called in at the Garden Centre for lunch (delicious carrot and sweet chilli soup, I must have a go at recreating it at home). We were delighted to find that the donkeys were still there
at the Christmas Fair on Friday, I sold two of my six shell pictures, so this afternoon Malcolm put the remaining four on the wall in his shower room (he uses the en suite shower room, I use the bathroom). If you click on the photo to enlarge it, you will see reflected in the mirror a bit of me on the left hand side, and the bedroom window with the view out on to the dock
when we arrived at the flat, I looked out the window ....... and there was a swan heading out of the dock. I don't have the big lens with me, so you can only just see it to the left of the boat
I took this photo in the early afternoonn, but it already looks as if it is getting dark!
to finish ...... we first saw this Christmas tree in Marks and Spencer in Singapore, but of course we didn't buy it as it was much dearer than it wold be at home - and we didn't have room in the suitcases for it! When we got home and saw how much it cost we still didn't buy it - but then Malcolm noticed an advert in his newspaper this morning - hooray it had been reduced to half price (£5), so we called in at M&S to buy one
but it isn't just a tin tree ...... it revolves while playing a tune ....... and has two packets of tree shaped shortbread biscuits in it!!