HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates the day. I hope you all have a joyful, peaceful time.
My heart is with those who are missing loved ones during this holiday season.
Tonight is the longest night of the year. It's very cold here, and some snow is glistening in the moonlight. The wildlife are hibernating in their burrows.
Love and hugs to all.
Weather has been cooler and yesterday when I took the covers off my tomatoes, Lo, a seasonal gift – one ripe tomato. It is always a challenge here for backyard growers to have fruit ripen by Christmas.
I was out to shops this morn for a fruit/veg top-up, pay bills & return finished (already) library books. By 10 am the car park was full of impatient drivers, One shook his finger at me. Me? It was he who was in the middle of a two-way lane so no one could go anywhere. So glad I didn’t wait until tomorrow.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my Aussie true love sent to me 12 parrots prattling, 11 numbats nagging, 10 lizards leaping, 9 wombats working, 8 dingoes digging, 7 possums playing, 6 brolgas dancing, 5 Kangaroos . . . 4 koalas cuddling, 3 kookaburras laughing, 2 pink galahs, and an emu up a gum tree.
For dog lovers
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 Dachshunds drooling 11 Pointers pointing, 10 Labs a-leaping, 9 puppies prancing, 8 mutts a-mauling, 7 Scotties scrapping, 6 Hounds-a-howling, 5 Golden Retrievers . . . 4 Collie dogs, 3 French Poodles, 2 Great Danes, and a Schnauzer with a goatee.
For feline lovers
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my kitty gave to me 12 tangled tinsels, 11 catnip binges, 10 scratched-up doggies, 9 fleas a-jumping, 8 lives remaining, 7 lumps of cat poo, 6 broken ornaments, 5 sharpened claws . . . 4 shredded drapes, 3 gift mice, 2 hairballs, and some partridge feathers from the pear tree.
AQ - All three of those adaptations are wonderful! Thank you so much for a Christmas Eve Eve giggle early in the morning! I will be Skyping with my friend in Lismore in a couple of hours, and will certainly share the first one with her. Some drivers - and shoppers - seem to become completely bonkers at this time of year. I was fortunate to get the ideal parking spot last Friday outside the supermarket. Did my shopping, got back into the car - and some moron stopped right behind me and wouldn't let me out! He (must have been a man ... :) ) had spotted someone just unpacking their shopping into their car and wanted that space! The fact that I could have saved him waiting didn't seem to register. Eventually another car behind him hooted and flashed - and I was released. I do wonder sometimes where some drivers keep their brains ...
Bonnie is ten today!! Can't believe we've had her for all that time.
Lindy - Not only can I not believe she is ten years old, but I also can't believe I have been on this forum longer than she has been with you/1 I can't remember when I started lurking on this site - taking your time-line as a guide, it must have been about fourteen or fifteen years. Goodness!