Hopefully the majority of people have had a peaceful and joy filled Christmas. We are all aware that for a lot of people this is a particularly hard time of year. My thoughts go out to a close friend who lost her love to cancer yesterday after managing to share some happiness together over the last year. My thoughts are with her and the children.
We have been fortunate to have had our children with us in Ludlow and I have appreciated every moment spent with them. A snowy Christmas indeed this year. We had a traditional Christmas eve dinner with them but after they had left us at Christmas lunchtime, we sat down to a lovely lunch of Lobster which required hardly any preparation and not much washing up. It has been a peaceful time, with time spent on reflection of the hectic year which has brought me to Ludlow and hopefully soon Alistair will be able to be here full time.
The house in Spain has somebody interested in it - but we hold it lightly and prepare ourselves to 'go with the flow'. Today, I will visit my son's grave to leave a Christmas gift as he died on Dec 27th 1992 and although I know he is always with me, I feel his grave needs the christmas decoration and some time spent there.
The is no point in talking about gardening as it is impossible to see it at present. But I am sure that in the coming weeks out thoughts will turn to planning for the year ahead, and what veg and other plants I can add to my small space here. In Spain the garden is looking lovely.
Alistair will return to Spain on Jan 1st and the children are off skiiing. I shall use the time to recharge my creative juices and start work on the many photography projects that i have planned.
A peaceful New Year to everyone.