Reflect.

Well I didn't think i'd make it back in September...sheer bl***y mindedness got me through and I am so thrilled that I have.

Suzie, you are a star for bringing us together and Anne, you are a star for keeping us together.

I am with Helen and Jo, I don't really like to reflect, however I do think it is good for you to think things through and learn from them and that is something that I have learned this year about myself. Doing this project, having access to great technology, doing Project Life (which I just have the last week to complete) have all added something to my life and how I live it. I have always been quite self-aware but now I purpose to notice as much as I can about the world and people around me and how we all fit together.

I also learned I could be brave, never before this year would I have managed the meet-up that Anne and I had, although I was terribly nervous it was one of the highlights of the year and I felt so happy for doing it. I am certainly going to be brave next year and try and get down to Kathi as well as she is near-ish.

I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year and say a huge thank you for the comments that have made each and every day special.

So a photo today? Well I saw a brief glimpse of pink and light sky just at twilight which cheered me up from this infernal rain.

And light reflecting in my eye as Louis and I goofed around with the camera.

Lucky Snapping then. 

End.

Bittersweet.

The end of the two towers is upon me, again, and just as well, it is silly o clock.

Free Choice.

Minty had to have a rub-down after her wet and wild walk :) She is such a tiny little skin and bone thing she shakes like a loon when she gets in.

They have their rub-down and then spend a bit of time in the utility room to dry off before being let loose again, then they go mental running around and have a play fight, then they assume their normal positions of sleep.

Something you would change.

I am going with the weather as well. It is blowing a hoolie and we have heavy rain. Now, if it was just a one-off storm for this month I would enjoy it, I love variations in the weather. It isn't and I am worried about my friends and colleagues houses and businesses flooding again and more selfishly whether my trip into work will be as dangerous this saturday (I was aquaplaning and driving round every way I could think of to get in for an hour and then ended up on a 30 minute walk into the village as the roads were all closed).

I would change it to a lovely big snowstorm which blanketed everywhere deply and it would be a benign storm, everyone would have enough soup for a couple of days, no-one would lose power, no-one would be poorly or have a need to be anywhere and everyone could just enjoy it.

The river outside our store, it is usually about 2 metres wide on the furthest bank meandering behind those trees. This area in the foreground is meadow. 

Special.

On Christmas Eve, Ali wanted to give Frosty, his penguin a present. I had been at work the night before so I hadn't seen this but he had wrapped a present for him, made a tag and everything, he's his Mummy's little crafter ;)

Bless him.

Delight.

Leftovers with Parsnip Roulade :D

Lots of playing with lego and watching crafting videos...bliss :D

Can there only be 5 days left to take photos? That means as my challenge goes live next week I better get a wriggle on with it :)

Something On Your Table.

I shared yesterday the table as we had christmas dinner on christmas eve. So today I can show you the start of the lego marathon!

The Battle of Helm's Deep.

We have got a bit more to build today :D

Merry Christmas to you all xxx