Advent - 1

Advent.

I am not a religious person but the Christmas period, for us, is a very special time. My own view of Christmas is coloured, of course, by growing up in England. From reading “ A Christmas Carol’, going to the Pantomime, seeing friends and relatives, Christmas trees, decorations carols, snow, holly, ivy, Christmas Pud, Santa – just everything. Short days, long nights, overcast, I love everything about this time of year.

On Saturday Sean and I went out for a longish walk – it was snowing lightly, it was overcast and it was cold. Then Nancy joined us and all three of us walked around Horseshoe Drive in the cold and the snow. It *felt* like the run up to Christmas! Just the other week Sean got to walk with Holly – now he was walking in the snow. It was quiet, just the falling snow and us.

After we were done with the walk we watered the horses and fed them, it was just great.

Over this weekend Nancy and I were listing out all the things we need to get done to get ready for Christmas. Checking the number of guests, deciding who gets to bring prosciutto, who gets to bring raclette cheese, who is going to bring mozzarella, the roast beef, pickled onions oh, the list is endless.

Expect a lot of posts on the blog in the run up to Christmas…

Ho ho ho

Mick, Nancy, Sean, 3 horses 2 dogs and 2 cats