Happy Christmas and thanks for reading

Another year has flown by, and I hope this holiday season finds you and those you care about as healthy and happy as possible. If you were kind enough to read my stuff this year, you have my sincerest thanks, the sincerity of which does not fade with annual repetition. The fact remains that without you, my readers, there would be no point to writing, so I really cannot value you too much. You are fabulous

Here are a few pictures from our Wigilia yesterday evening. I’m not saying we ate a lot, but the next meal I’m planning to have is a small snack around the beginning of February. Happy Christmas!

From left: Youngest Daughter holding Milka, Mrs James holding Joey (rescued from the Mazurian lakes), me holding Bonnie (turned up unannounced and pregnant in the garden and decided to adopt us), Only Son holding Wafer (rescued from the foot of a mountain in Slovakia), and Eldest Daughter holding Splidge (daughter of Bonnie).