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julesjones ([personal profile] julesjones) wrote2010-12-25 11:20 am

Merry Christmas

A happy Christmas or Newtonmass to you, according to your taste. May it be a safe and pleasant one, and spent where you were planning to spend it.

Yes, we did make it to the SouthWet yesterday safely and with no delays. Quite a pleasant drive, in fact, other than the sun glaring off the snow making sunglasses a necessity. We got to admire the ice on the Severn on the way down. This morning I was out of bed in time to catch a photo of the sunrise, with a pale pink glow over the snow-covered hill to the west. Didn't manage to get a photo of the four and twenty blackbirds making merry on the heap of fermenting apples, as they obviously thought I wanted to put them in a pie, and pushed off as soon as I opened the conservatory door with camera in hand.

The sun this morning is bright and surprisingly warm when you're safe from winter behind a double-glazed window. There's a classic UK Christmas card scene outside that window, stone buildings set in snow-covered fields. It's an illusion, of course, but there's comfort in illusion, and sometimes truth too. Some of my friends are alone today, but there's a little less loneliness thanks to an electronic web of communication that goes on so long as there's connectivity. Good wishes to you all.
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[personal profile] kalypso 2010-12-26 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
Happy Christmas to you and yours! I'm glad the drive went smoothly and hope it's just as good coming back. Dog now barking only occasionally when I stand up, and this morning looked round at me when I first appeared and then went on with what she was doing without a sound.