Friday 24 December 2021

Day Twenty-Four: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Picture One: Halfway round the windfarm this evening for our Christmas Eve walk!

Picture Two: Hoping to encourage the snow we were promised to fall!

Picture Three: Yes, this chap is made of pipecleaners, but he's lasted more than forty Christmases with us!

Picture Four: The reason for the season!

Picture Five: A rather unusual decoration, but it looks lovely when it's lit.

Picture Six: The crib is always doubly lovely on Christmas Eve.

Picture Seven: In the other room the presents are amassing.

Picture Eight: The roast beef in the oven ready for tomorrow's breakfast

Picture Nine: Holly butterflies climbing the lantern chain

Picture Ten: The Fimo crib set up. And yes, the star is hanging from a paperclip!

Picture Eleven: A little Nativity scene on a misty window

Picture Twelve: The glow from these lights is just amazing!
 
Picture Thirteen: The once-a-year weasel socks being worn by Chief Weasel

Picture Fourteen: Of course, it had to happen!

Picture Fifteen: Setting up the silhouette... It sort of worked!

Picture Sixteen: Walking away into the sunset!

Picture Seventeen: The view of the house at the start of the walk

Picture Eighteen: Ready, set, round the windfarm we go!

Picture Nineteen: The sun was setting by the time we reached the lochan

Picture Twenty: Where we stopped to sing "Silent Night"

Picture Twenty-One: A truly Christmassy sky

Picture Twenty-Two: The first mince pie of the day (there were more later!)

Picture Twenty-Three: We managed to have dinner at dinner time!
A first for Christmas Eve!

Picture Twenty-Four: Orlando sporting his Christmas finest!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

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