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We do hope readers of this Blog are safe and well and that you have managed to have a good Christmas, hopefully in the company of family and friends.
Well, late Autumn going into Winter brought us a lot of rain to start with and then, as December proceeded, we started to have bright, cold and sunny days, with temperatures starting with -3 degrees C in the early morning, but reaching 16 degrees plus by midday, and consequentially there has been a beautiful sharpness to the light:
So, a Christmas tree was bought, and one rescued from last year; Christmas cakes and puddings made; and multiple bird feeders had to be supplied with the onset of really frosty temperatures:
Sometimes, after everything that has gone on this year, it has felt difficult to manage the 'traditional Christmas' - but in fact it has been important to keep hold of the familiar, while dealing with all the uncertainties and the disappointments, like family not being able to make it over.
There have been new roses to plant out; birds to watch, gnashing the bird feeder nuts and seeds (that's the birds, not us); and with all their foliage gone one has time to admire the shapes and textures of the trees around the garden:
One morning, doing the usual stroll around the garden, there was a very loud buzzing noise - rather like a lot of bees ....which was because it was a lot of bees .... high up in the eucalyptus trees, that have now grown so tall (upwards of 20 metres). We have observed this before and reported it on the Blog ... but never so early in the year:
As Christmas approached there were the trees to decorate and lights to string along the outside of the house - with the usual 'repair jobs' to do .... but we got there in the end!
- and on Christmas Day, outside the house, the weather continued to be sunny and beautifully 'lit' .... so, that helped everyone's spirits:
As ever, Nature provides us with the bigger picture
and spiritual support.
We do hope that 2022 is a positive year for you and yours,
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