It has been quite a busy couple of weeks. We had our local Christmas Fayre at the end of November and I was selling Christmas decorations, some of which were quite old, possibly 1950s. The vintage decs sold very well, so did the traditional red and green baubles. The modern looking blue baubles were mostly unsold. It was a fun but exhausting day though and I managed not to buy all of my own stall.
One of the positives from the Fayre was that a friend won a new bird table which they didn't want, so they sold it to us. Within a day of the new table being put in place we had seen wrens, the robin, blue and great tits, blackbirds and a pair of magpies. Then the other day the starlings who circle the area landed, making a complete racket!
We are really enjoying having a bird table that we can see from the house all year round. It is more entertaining than watching television most of the time. The leaves on the hazel tree are falling more and more each day now. It wont be long until it is bare.
Almost everything in the garden is dying back except for the winter jasmine which lights our way beautifully and reminds us of the spring that will come eventually.
Now that the days are dark and shorter and getting colder we are spending more time inside of the house. The mincemeat, christmas pudding and christmas cake are all made and waiting expectantly in the larder. Now that it is the season of Advent we are lightly candles each evening until Christmas. There is something special about lighting candles.
How far that little candle throws his beams So shines a good deed in a weary world.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Love the bird house and table. I have just spent the last of my birthday money on a bird feeding station for our back garden. Not seen anything on it yet but I'm hopeful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne. Its worth being patient, it took ages for anything other than a pigeon to arrive in our garden when we first started feeding them.
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