Thank you everyone for comments on the re-post all about Christmas moaners back in 2013. Perhaps after the covid years when Christmas was turned upside down plus being older and wiser we are all more laid back and don't get so stressed - or that might be just me!
I tell the family that the worst thing that could happen has already happened to me and even being told a few years ago that "there wasn't room for me" for Christmas day didn't bother me ! (It wasn't one of the children who said this - they were disgusted - a lot more than I was!).
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I'd unintentionally picked the coldest morning to walk up the lane for November photos of the Oaks so didn't hang around long. It was before Storm Bert which took all the remaining leaves off many trees in the village.
I do love the cheeriness of the rosehips in the hedge
ReplyDeleteThe only bit of colour!
DeleteThe trees opposite are now completely bare and I can see and hear the children in the schoolyard across the road. I like your new header photograph-it looks so calm. Catriona
ReplyDeleteThe trees opposite me in the burial ground are all leafless now too although there is nothing extra to see except wet grass!
DeleteI love your "diary of a tree". One day I might try the same thing with a local tree.
ReplyDeleteJust a few photos and it fills a blog post!
DeleteBert has been rather ruthless in his determination to transform autumn into winter. All your talk of Christmas has set me thinking about my mother's mince pies - all I really crave from Christmas Past.
ReplyDeletemy mother's mince pies were the best! I do wish I'd paid attention to her method.
DeleteI use to make lots - a very short sweet pastry is the trick, now I just buy half a dozen decent ones
DeleteEverything looks so fresh and the sky so blue!
ReplyDeleteIt was freezing that morning, I turned round as soon as I'd taken the photos rather than carrying on right to the top of the lane!
DeleteI don't dare buy , or make, them as I simply cannot resist them and I swear I put on a full pound with every.single.one!!
DeleteLovely to look at, cold to be out in.
ReplyDeleteThe next day was several degrees warmer!
DeleteIt's gotten very cold here, too. Tomorrow is our Thanksgiving and I want to let you know that I am thankful for your blog, Sue, and all the time and effort you put into it! xo
ReplyDeleteThank you that's a lovely thing to say.
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving tomorrow
I love your header photo. That curving road brings back childhood memories. I'll be sorry when you replace it.
ReplyDeleteHave no idea why one comment goes into spam and another doesn't - very odd!
DeleteAm I in spam?
ReplyDeleteI will look!
DeleteI too am thankful for your blog as I procrastinate about tidying the house before Thanksgiving guests arrive tomorrow afternoon. I am especially appreciative of the tree following as I have a few trees I take a special interest in around here.
ReplyDeleteCeci
Thank you and hope you finish all your prep in time. Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow
DeleteAll our trees are bare, Bert stole all the leaves it would seem. Fancy someone saying there was 'no room for you', so full of Christmas spirit. I hope you had a damn good day on your own that year, I would have gone all out for myself.
ReplyDeleteI can't remember why there wasn't room now and I've not been there for Christmas since. I went to Youngest Daughters house instead that year- there's always room for me somewhere!
DeleteBeing told there isn't room at a holiday table---or being told one is unwelcome is very painful, despite your cheeriness now. I was excluded from my inlaws [now ex] for years. It hurt a lot.
ReplyDeleteOur trees are bare now too. An Artic freeze is predicted. Going from 40-50 degrees F to Artic cold is a shock to the system. 3 layers will be the norm.
ReplyDeleteNo room! I can't imagine anyone being so rude and ill-mannered to state such a thing. Going forward, I would keep this individual at arm's length, if that.
Oh Sue, I am horrified, and saddened, at your memory "not enough room" - there's always enough room if your heart is open. That comment would be with you always, even if you've 'moved on' , and is such an indictment of the perpetrator! Let's give thanks for those who are in our circle of love, and just let go of the others. I come from a very dysfunctional family and my mantra is "blood is thicker than water and it makes more mess"
ReplyDeleteSo sorry that someone had the nerve to say something like that to you.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy seeing the oak in all its different seasons.
God bless.
Such beautiful trees.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that someone said that. There is always room for one more at the table. Holidays are about family.