Lucy

Where have all the years gone. This is Lucy, Kay's granddaughter and looking very much like her mother Judith methinks. Frightening.

Our Swedish corner

Lights given to us last year in Sweden and little men John and Fia send over. By our table... Nice. Blurred again. Have a prob with my camera, hope it lasts over Xmas. Not the prob, the camera!

What shall I take off the tree next?

Caught in the act.

Weather and other stuff

I have never seen so much rain and taking a dog for a walk is not fun, even though she thinks it is. It has rained and rained and in the last six weeks I think we have had six day of sunshine. It is cold and miserable and I have forgotten how it is this time of year. Nasty to put it mildly.

But we go out in a friend's car and look at the sea, the waves crashing over the rocks, go to Lidl, pick up post. And now we have festive occasions to go to as well so it will be quite a change to be here for Christmas, first in about four years.

We will miss everybody but hey there is another in a year and then we will be somewhere else, for Christmas. It isn't that I don't like it here at this time, it feels strange and I have always thought that. Our tree is up and items go walkabout from it and are found in the dog basket. Valentina is getting blood tests in January to make her able to travel abroad. So look-out people we might be visiting your area in the near future. She can go to Germany, Angela, with us on Air Berlin and also Ostersund... UK is a bit more difficult as usual, it always is. US is easy but I have no reason to go there, only to visit Brenda and Ray.

Sandy is coming up to us for Christmas lunch and we will have the normal stuff, what I can find anyway. Boxing Day we are invited to Pedro and Adrienne, looking forward to that.

Lots of invites to parties and other things like that, might go - might not. Now we have our plasma screen, who knows?

Not a good photo, oh well

Lyn, Jackie and Carrie with eyes shut, blurred etc etc but a nice smile from Lyn

I am trying to leave but a happy Dion is wishing me another Merry Christmas, all that cava no doubt!

Christmas Ladies Luncheon by the Port

Maggie, Dion and Peggy enjoying the full Christmas Fayre.

A dull day outside but very bright inside.











Father Christmas handing out presents. Moira's husband - Hayley!

Maria standing up. She is president and sadly lost her husband to cancer this year.













Maggie and Ann-Marie enjoying themselves.

The ferry terminal can be seen behind them, if you look closely.

Concha visiting her 'rescue dog'

We invited Concha and her own dog to have breakfast with us. She rescued Valentina on 18th September and I have had her since 21st. Concha is our doctor's nurse so we already new her. Valentina just loves her but she is thinking of going to Mallorca to work in the new year.