Here's a picture of one of the trees that came down in the wind last week.
Me n Benz took tripods to the Walks the same evening, to ensure some good shots before the Council sent out their teams to tidy up.

...update, 5 days (inc a weekend!) later, I see 8 men (in 3 vans) with almost enough chainsaws to go round :-)Copious bollards are purposefully positioned by those without a saw.




I have some Tete A Tete in full flower (in pots, from the market - thanks Mum)...and looking out of the window, it's just started to snow...

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Xmas scraps

Well, we have some good leftovers from the annual buffet. Viv made some shortcrust pastry mini-turkey & bacon tartlets with wild cranberry sauce that must be the best Xmas party treat ever to grace our table. I liked them very much anyway. The kids (and Uncle Phil) polished off 72 cocktail sausages, and there were a host of other festive goodies to tantalise and tempt us all to over-indulge. Good job it's only an annual offering, or we might start to get fat :-D

G's last day at school today, and V's first day back to work after a week off. I'm at work today, but not for long! Ho ho ho hum

How many shopping days left?

Well, we've done a fair bit on the www, but still 'need' to get to the shops. An agreement was made (a couple of years back now I think) whereby we don't buy one another expensive pressies, and our family (well, Viv's side) tradition of spending a fixed amount for each person's gift robustly soldiers on; it's at £6.00 this year, same as last. This practice drives thought, and for that reason I'm all in favour! You know (or will do soon) what I think of thoughtlessness, excessive thought being one of my (many) personal flaws ;-)

Anyway, in answer to the question, I will express it as an equation: "how many you need" - 1


The weekend is soon upon us! Time to get on with some more work...