Nearly Christmas

Goodness not many days left till Christmas. I have one more present to get, a couple to make and I am done. Except for the food which I am working on. The turkey I am going up the street to attempt to get now. The cranberries and the chestnuts well goodness knows where I get them? The seafood is being bought tomorrow morning at the Market and the veggies are being collected at the Farmers Market (twilight ones). I am hoping to get the BEST EGGS in the world and garlic at the farmers market!!!!

Oh you missed my birthday, it was nice, I had some lovely friends come the following weekend and that felt more like my birthday than the day which was hmmmm......... I think the less said the better.

We have been busy in the garden again, I have been chipping away each day and all I could see was the mountain that was not getting any smaller until my dear dear friend pointed out that I need to stop and look at what I/we have done. When I did that I managed to smile, there are lovely pockets of garden looking beautiful especially with all the rain that we have had. The lush plant life is there making the garden beds look quite full and beautiful. They are flowering and now that a lot of the weeds have been removed you can see how much they have grown and how lovely some of the plants really are we make wonderful discoveries. The water feature is flowing and makes the whole effect quite peaceful. I love pointing out the new fruit on the blueberries, the strawberries and the apple trees. Quite amazing to see what is happening in the garden now and we are all enjoying it a bit more.

Painting has come to a grinding halt I had better get to the paint shop very soon before they close for Christmas and get the paint needed to finish the jobs. That can wait for a bit.

We were all busy the other night making Christmas trees from this wonderful blog.http://www.craftypod.com/2010/12/07/how-to-make-japanese-inspired-upholstered-ornaments/ It was quite late however they both stuck with it as best they could and the result is just so sweet. I am wondering if they are going to gift them or keep them.