Light my fire!

I have been playing with my camera trying to capture the effects of the ferrous cones.  What do you think?

The effects on the last one were totally different.  I was sitting in the same place and at the same distance.  Strange!

Quite spectacular!!

Bright and Cheerful!

Well the Christmas cake is started, the wasgij is progressing, and we have caught up with friends and family.  It has been a quiet time but an enjoyable one and soon it will be time to say bye to my son.  It has been good to spend some quality time together, just the three of us.  I look forward to his dental appointment!!!!!  He has to come home for that in a couple of weeks!  He! He!.

Christmas presents have been bright and cheerful.

The blue flame is caused by some fir cones with ferrous oxide on them, given to us by my sister.  This doesn’t do them justice.  The colours are really vibrant and a source for inspiration for the future.

Lime green featured heavily in my Christmas and birthday presents.  The turtle bag and scarf are a perfect match!  My slippers coordinate nicely and keep my feet beautifully warm – thanks Mum!  The bracelet was a birthday present and matches a jumper I have , as does the silk figured scarf.  The books are beautiful works in their own right.  Jane Brocket, I always feel a tingle when I peep inside!  So thank you everyone, but most of all thank you Jesus for being born.

Jesus, the light, is shining!

Christmas Swaps.

Today was the day we opened our swaps and I got not one but two very charming little charactors dressed in red!  They now reside under the Christmas tree,

with all their friends.

So thank you 2littletoys and Happy Christmas everyone.

Birthday!

Today is my birthday and it is one of those with a zero at the end!!!  I have just come back from having lunch out with my sister and a mooch around the shops in our little village.  The carrot and celery soup was delicious and the carrot cake following was even more so!!  “Very naughty but nice!”  The lounge is looking very festive and now with my 17 birthday cards, very homely.  So thank you friends and family for all your good wishes.

Cracked it!

I think I have found my photos so can show you what I have been doing.  So here goes and thank you Phil!

And while they were in Bethlehem , time came for the baby to be born.  Shepherds came to worship Him.

Kings came bearing gifts.

And Mary treasured these things.

‘Glory to God in the highest heaven and peace to His people on earth.’

Merry Christmas everyone.

A day to treasure.

December is moving on at a very fast rate, which means Christmas is just around the corner!  I love Christmas and this year it will just be the three of us for Christmas Day.  There will be phone calls to other members of the extended family, but the three of us can be warm and cosy in front of a blazing fire!  ‘Chestnuts roasting on an open fire!’  Dreams!!  We will go to church first, then come home and open presents while drinking coffee and scoffing mince pies.  We will eat later, probably around half past three and linger over pudding  and the cheese board!  Boxing Day will see the start of visiting family and friends, but just this once Christmas Day will be for our little family.  A day to treasure and store away for when Philip disappears to the south again!