getting ready for Christmas

These two really are like two peas in a pod!

We are slowly gathering for Christmas at Loudon Bristol HQ. Joe has been here and gone back to Bath for a few days - he should be back soon. My mum is coming over by train from Virginia Water tomorrow. Elise is also ariving tomorrow from Liverpool. We are hosting the Foundation winter solstice stomp out to Blaise Castle tomorrow night - a walk in the woods then stories/poems/songs by the fire here at home.

We have at least one additional guest for dinner on Christmas day so it is going to be pretty packed. But I am quite relaxed though (don't know why?). Making plum chutney today - which is going well. It's a bit sticky and vinegary but I needed to room in the freezer so those plums had to be defrosted to make way for red cabbage, stuffing and various other Christmas bits. Feeding up to 10 people daily for a week is going to stretch us in all directions.

Anyway, Mark is working at snapy snaps today so Eva and I have spent the morning stoning plums and watching crap tv. We are off to the One25 Christmas party this afternoon. Ho Ho Ho!