Thank you for visiting me here.

Sunshine lighting up the Christmas pointsettia on my kitchen windowsill this  morning.

I bake a batch of cranberry, pecan and apricot granola to add to the table for my nephew's 40th birthday brunch tomorrow.  I sprinkle a handful of it over my breakfast porridge to give some crunch. I only want to eat hot comfort food at the moment so this hits the spot.

A quiver of long tailed tits feasting at the coconut feeder - those tails - those tiny badger faces - love them! 

All the rooms in my house are either filled with furniture from other rooms, or covered in dust sheets and smelling of paint. I haven't had time yet to put them back in order. It means I can't find anything or get access to my address book or the wrapping paper without moving stuff out of the way first.

 At least I've made space for my bed, and rehung the curtains in my bedroom. I've set up the printer in the hall.

 Everything now occurs in the kitchen, all the surfaces covered, mostly focussed on the small round garden table, all the Christmas card writing paraphernalia, as well as laptop, phone, camera, cup of tea, tissues, the post, the lists, the recipe file, pens....which all have to be cleared away when I want to eat my supper.

At least it's warm living in one room with the door closed and just the antics of the birds to distract me. And my circular anxious thoughts.

I'm signing off  now till next year  .....thank you for visiting me here.

I wish you all a very happy Solstice, stress-free Christmas and peaceful new year.

May you and your loved ones be blessed with much loving kindness to yourselves and each other.

Go well till we meet again in 2020.