Another tree in winter

It continued cold here this past week - we even had snow flurries last Monday night - but I think we're on the other side of winter now. I'm both glad, and sorry - it's lovely to see the flowers blooming, and to plan for spring gardens, but the summers are so hot and seem to last for ever!

The tree in winter

A couple of years ago, I was walking through Brick Lane on market day (Sunday) with Johanna, when we went into an art gallery. They had three beautiful tree artworks - winter, spring and summer (autumn had already been sold).


You may already know that I am somewhat partial to tree designs, and the winter one just captivated me... I wasn't going to buy it, as it was more expensive than I would normally consider, and I knew I'd be moving to America and didn't know where I'd ever display it, but Johanna talked me into it.


So I had it in my room in Clapton for a few months, and then it was packaged up and sent to America in a big shipping crate,



and now it hangs on the lounge room wall, to the left of the mirror :)

Christmas Decorations

It's a little late to be posting about Christmas, but - well - Mum's been asking, and she's my most dedicated reader, so I need to keep her happy!

If you look carefully, you can just see the God Jul
made by beautiful Johanna, hanging in the entranceway...

This branch obligingly fell down in the garden some months ago;
I liked its windswept look so kept it in the garage until I was ready to use it...

All the wooden ornaments were bought in Prague, many years ago!

The candleholder came from this year's Norwegian Christmas market;
so did the little wreath of mistletoe wound through it...
the Advent candles were made by my mother!

Our table set for Christmas dinner, which this year we shared with Anna and Dimitry
(as we'd had turkey so recently, at Thanksgiving, we broke with tradition and had a
leg of lamb... but as I was VERY busy cooking there are no photos of the meal!)

The lounge room ready for Christmas Eve guests