T Stands for - The Christmas Lights...and more..

Hi everyone,last week we had a special day here - the Turkey and Tinsel meal that I showed you last week and it was also the day that Santa visited and one of our village councillors came round to judge the best decorated Balcony!

We knew that we didn't stand much chance as we have an enclosed balcony but we knew that a lot of folk were hoping to win the free meal on offer!

As it happens it went to some friends of ours who not only decorated their balcony(or rather patio as they are on the ground floor)as a snow scene but also dressed up as elves!

I saw the photos of them but unfortunately forgot to get a copy myself.

I did however walk around the grounds, first to see what remained of their display...

...and then into the main courtyard

I tried to take photographs from all angles - it really does look fabulous

Over one of the walls is the back of the local pub

The next few are of the courtyard below our kitchen window

Last one from the stairs.

 When I got in I took some photos of our lights

Some of you may remember my being inspired a few years ago by Alison of Words and Pictures blog and converting an old instant drink container into a lamp lit by a battery candle. 

I told you we had given up on the square puzzle that wouldn't fit our puzzle bag, well, here is the new one we have started.

We are getting on quite well with it, although we do stop for a drink if we really get into it so it is here I will join Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T stands For Tuesday.

 

I have been trying to care for a Poinsettia - I did say trying, over the past week a lot of green leaves fell off, leaving me with just a few.

This is how it looks now.

I would say I lost over a dozen small leaves and fortunately the drop seems to have stopped now.

I'm still not going in my craft room very often, in fact this morning I chose sorting through old bank statements to going in there!

Finally I will tell you about the 'hand gel incident'. When we went into a nearby shopping mall last week for a flying visit(with a list we were round and out well inside an hour!)I went into one store where the assistant at the front asked me where I wanted to be while I rubbed in the hand sanitiser. She remarked that not many people used it and she wasn't allowed to tell folk to use it. I decided that I jolly well could, so to the next three people(all men) I pointed out that they had walked past the pump - all of them walked back and used it...then came a woman, who stared hard at me then pushed past muttering that I didn't work there! I shrugged my shoulders and went to get my shopping. I wonder if she would have gone back if asked by the assistant.

My sister in law and hubby went into a shop in France just after using their own sanitiser - the assistant there insisted that they use the store one saying that he needed to see them put it on!

What's the saying? 'Go figure?'

I wish you all a very Happy Christmas, we can do this, although it's hopefully for one year only!

Thanks for looking, Chris