Sorry I haven't written in awhile. We have been so busy with Christmas coming up fast. Lots of creating and baking and of course decorating!
Do you ever notice how miraculous little things happen at Christmas time? I know that Robins tend to be rather less shy than most garden birds but I have to tell you about a particularly bold one that we "met" recently. At my favourite local garden center they put on quite a Christmas display with a huge amount of decorations so each year we visit Wilton Garden Center between 5-10 times before Christmas! I just cant help it. Anyway, as we entered the shop there was a Christmas display with different kinds of trees, cuddly winter animals and old fashioned lamp posts. We stopped to admire the pretty scene and we heard a lovely chirping song and thought at first that it was a recording just to add to the atmosphere but upon closer inspection we saw a very sweet and fat little robin sitting on the fence, not 3 feet from us, singing his little heart out for us.
Luckily I had my camera with me and I took a photo of him. He seemed to like our attention and he hopped even closer to the sign that was about a foot and a half in front of us. He continued to sing and as other people came by and saw us standing there they too joined in the festive scene and the camera phones were out taking photos of this adorable little creature who continued to sing his lovely song. With him doing such a beautiful job at entertaining us, it was difficult to leave him but after a good ten minutes or so, we decided we would have to get on with our shopping. When we came back out, he was still flitting about the trees, having found a perfect Christmas home. I felt lucky to have seen and heard him. He was beautiful. Look at his tiny little legs!!
Georgia also had her school Christmas fete. She spent alot of time making Christmas cards to sell to earn money for the school.
Georgia also had her Christmas carol service for her school at the Church. She had to begin the narration and despite a sore throat she gave a perfect, loud and clear narration. What a good girl! Here she is on the Church's big video screen so all can see.
We also had a little venture into town when they had their late night shopping. This is always a nice evening for me because being from the US, I am quite used to shops being open until late at night and I have always missed that here in the UK. I like the atmosphere of shopping in the evening particularly at Christmas time. One of the prettier shops in town is a tiny belgian chocolate shop that does a lovely window display of their chocolates. It was difficult to get a good picture of the beautiful display due the to reflections but hopefully you can just see here some of the really big old fashioned santa shaped chocolates!
I wanted to make a new wreath this year so I bought a heart shaped wicker type base and I cut Ivy strands to cover it with.
I used my trusty glue gun to stick on some red velvet roses that I had saved from years ago and some bits of "snow" covered holly leaves and berries.
I added a pretty red bow with little polka dots and came up with this!
I did take photos of our tree but I am not happy with them so I will try again tomorrow(providing we get any sun light at all)and post them. I promised myself I wouldnt comment on the weather but obviously I couldnt help myself!
Hope you all are having fun and staying relaxed.
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