After the catering marathon that is Christmas Day (we decided to do it the usual way notwithstanding numbers were down), Boxing Day was declared a day of rest (after I had washed the pans). Everyone made their own turkey sandwich of choice for breakfast and Lachlan and I tootled off with Lyra for a walkContinue reading “Boxing and Coxing”
Monthly Archives: December 2020
And so it was Christmas….
T finally arrived. Here is our Christmas in pictures. I hope everyone had a lovely day. We still have not made space for pudding, but tomorrow is another day.
T-1
I have finally sat down with a gin and tonic and my feet are gently throbbing. However, I think the initiative has been regained. Monkey’s jumper is complete – so that’s the most important thing done. Wrapping paper has been plastered on anything that looked like it might be a present and some that didContinue reading “T-1”
Sit Rep T-1.9
Yesterday was a wash, literally, it rained like billyo all day. Productivity was also irretrievably dented when Keith and the printer/scanner fell out. An hour and a half of wrestling with it sent him into a thorough crimp. The fact that it then worked after switching the machine off and on again merely added insultContinue reading “Sit Rep T-1.9”
Sit rep T-3
The trip to Perth yesterday afternoon was most educational. I learned three things Keith has an insufficiency of playlists and Julie Covington for a whole album is a bit depressing. neither of us can work the sat nav in my new mini. It refused to accept the desired post code, substituted another and spent theContinue reading “Sit rep T-3”
Sit Rep T-4
I have decided to provide a series of brief news flash updates as the Christmas situation develops. Yesterday all was gloom. After the latest announcements, it was clear that Ishbel was stuck in Surrey on her own for the duration. She had a brief weep then volunteered to work Christmas Day and Boxing Day, swappingContinue reading “Sit Rep T-4”
Hello out there!
I have been intrigued to see, over the months since I commenced wittering, a number of views coming in from foreign parts. I started this blog as a way to keep in touch with friends and neighbours when confined to barracks during successive lockdowns and it has tickled me hugely to see, amongst others, aContinue reading “Hello out there!”
The Christmas warp speed effect
So it has been a few days since I hit the keyboard. “Why so?” I hear you ask. Reader, I was blindsided, as I am every year, by the realisation that Christmas is only a week away and I am sitting on a gazillion half finished projects all designed to be completed by Christmas and,Continue reading “The Christmas warp speed effect”
Better than Gravybones
I have established that there are some things Lyra likes more than gravy bones (her dog treat of choice). Usually any wandering off or other errant activity can be interrupted, and order restored, by bellowing loudly “Baby puppy, gravy bones” (and producing said treat). Over the last few walks, however, we established the limits ofContinue reading “Better than Gravybones”
Still soggy
The rain persists. I am wondering if the last gardening day may have already passed and all the remaining half finished jobs will just stay that way….. Lyra and I squelched around the lanes this morning. One fat rabbit startled in the hedgerow but no deer today. There was also the throat catching smell ofContinue reading “Still soggy”
Live from Ruthven 