Christmas Party

Christmas 'Tree' (© Ian 2012)

We spent Christmas Day, and Boxing Day, with Jenny, Philip, and the fosterlings, and Philip's parents while they visited. It's been a pleasant few days, with lots of food and games and presents (including two rather good garden books by Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh). Yesterday, we made the most of the garden centre's sale, and found some new/extra lights for the fireplace swag—the lights ceased to function a couple of days ago, but the new, more numerous LED lights are really good.

Our more-tasteful-than-sometimes Christmas cake (© Ian 2012) 

This evening, we hosted a small party, for Jenny, Philip, the children, Cath, Jason, and Cath's parents; we've spent a lot of today, and bits of the last couple of days, making things: including some very tasty mincemeat-laced muffins, and rather tasty cheese nibbles. I might get round to recipes; you never know.

The dining room (© Ian 2012)