More time lost unblogged… erm, weekend has been nice. Lots of outside time collecting wood (we found a place just above the croft with loads of dead trees which have plenty of branches we can pull down and are nice and dry and seasoned, and we get to carry wood downhill which is always better than uphill!). I took Tinker for a short walk yesterday but now Mike is back and looking after her so we are only on chicken and cat duty at Fliss’. Ady cooked a nice curry last night, I did a lovely roast dinner today along with some more mince pies.
Yesterday we put our tree up and considering we have no Christmas decorations with us it looks lovely. I’d bought some candy canes online, got some chocolate decorations from Jinty, swapped a few of my crocheted bits for Fliss’ crocheted bits and had dried out some orange slices on the logburner. We got some battery powered fairy lights which are working really well and then on yesterdays ferry Christmas camp arrived in a box with a whole heap of tree decorations! Our star is made of willow wound with orange garden twine and looks perfect topping the tree that is the start of our new Christmas traditions, customs and fresh start here on Rum. In the loft of Osborne Drive languishes our artifical tree and the various plastic sparkling things Ady and I had gathered over Christmasses past but we’ve not missed them at all :). I love that it has something from old friends, something from new friends, things we made ourselves and was chopped down from a spot I can see from the sofa.
Tomorrow we’re back to winkle picking. After a fair bit of stressing we got our last lot sent off and the cash sent back – we made £550 which is pretty good. We’re hoping to make at least the same again this week and maybe the week before Christmas and then that season is over. I sent off my application for the school job and we are trying to sort out the details of a mainland visit in early January. Bonnie has had a nasty skin issue on her back which we think was caused by getting and stayed wet, it seems to have dramatically improved with the woodburner which stacks up with the theory it was damp related.
I’ve pretty much done the Christmas shopping for the kids, just need to set aside some time to do a photobook for parents I think.
Tree sounds perfect – want a proper photo of it!
And blimey, well done on the winkle money 🙂
Comment by Alison — 09 December 2012 @ 11:24 pm