I have been very lax in posting.. December 2nd and now December 31st..

Its too late to be writing..

So just some photographs from where I am in Jaén area, a very small village, less than a thousand people, and probably more cats and dogs and definitely more olive trees!

A quiet but good Christmas, Father Christmas came to visit, so twice this year I have seen him! He must be real!

Parsnips! A whole box full!

My final words from this year.. Covid19 infection year.. a new baby in our immediate family, and my brother had a grandson.

Pippa died.

This year draws to a close, this evening always makes me very melancholy..

Memories on my phone come back to haunt me like dreams..

And I hope 2021 will be better for all of us, this year has taught us how vunerable we all are, how reliant we are on others, how peoples reactions effect us all.

And how strong we can be. Thank you for all staying with me, it's been nearly eighteen years now of writing.

And next year.. just an hour and five minutes for us here in Spain, I will write more.. like I used to. It's my resolution along with a few other things...

TTFN

Marian

I have a quote on my Kindle..

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at last started to understand the meaning of life.

Rabindranath Tagore

Yesterday the lady asked me to plant the conkers she had on her windowsill, I said there were two more in the kitchen, and that I would throw them over into the woodland behind the house.

And there, probably one if not all of them will over time, sink into the undergrowth, root and grow.. 

And it was a nice thought that in a hundred years large horse chestnut trees may well be there now, where there are none.

Not a huge amount to share today, here in Warwickshire gone into tier 3.. The highest area of strict rules.

Reading local Stratford upon Avon papers not a happy decision as far as local authorities think.

I am surprised, but maybe because it's a tourist area, and opening up hotels and if people travel here, it could bring a higher incidence of Covid19.

And read today of mass vaccination Pfizer's have been accepted.. so fantastic news, along with my appointment at Traffico in Malága for January! Just need an escort now.. 

TTFN

Marian