Party’s Over

Tonight is the twelfth night; the decorations are now down and our living room looks rather bare. Yesterday evening we got snow, so that was good timing as a few Christmas lights were still up.

We had to go for a walk in it as we weren’t expecting it to stay long.

We only walked a mile through the snowy streets.

And there weren’t many people out.

All the snow has gone now as we’ve returned to rain, but it made a nice change (some parts of Britain are expecting substantially more than us).

Before the snow arrived we’ve had some very cold and frosty days. Friday afternoon the Moon and Venus were shining really bright in the freezing clear sky (photo clearly doesn’t do it justice!).

On Thursday morning, before I returned to working, we popped up the frosty plot to pick sprouts. 

Brrrr, -4° so we didn’t hang around.

Jamie made bubble and squeak to eat with a nut loaf I’d made - thanks to Janet, my hairdresser, for the recipe which included cashews, walnuts and chestnuts, with a splosh of red wine. Delish!

So there’s a nice start to the new year. I wonder what else it has to offer - all good things, I hope.

Now, where are those seed catalogues?! 

Song title provided by Rag ‘n’ Bone Man.