Our New Life in the Country: Come on in ....

Friday, 22 December 2017

Come on in ....

Come on in ... if you'd arrived ten minutes later the fairy lights would have been twinkling.

Christmas has arrived at ours!!

There are goodies in the cupboard ...

.. the contents of the hamper too.

There is food in the fridge ....

... my favourite 'fridge foods' at Christmas are the cold, cold tangerines, we keep the bowl topped up as much as we can.

Tinsel has been draped ...

... but sadly the snow has gone.

Never mind there is a stack of Christmas Dvds to watch ...

... now that we've finished filling stockings ...

... and have posted off gifts to grandchildren.

Would you like a glass of something alcoholic and very tasty ...

... or perhaps you have time to wait for the last batch of mince pies to be made.

You're off, oh well it was lovely to see you ...

... close the gate on your way out.

After you've said goodbye to the festive piggies of course.

Back tomorrow with more festive photos :-)

Sue xxx

14 comments:

Dc22 December 2017 at 18:41
All looks lovely and full of Christmas cheer.
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Stef22 December 2017 at 19:01
Just lovely x
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Bonnie22 December 2017 at 19:01
Wonderful! I enjoyed my visit! Thank you for having me over. Merry Christmas to you both and furry kids too of course!
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yellowtulip118@gmail.com22 December 2017 at 20:01
Thanks, I really enjoyed visiting your lovely home xx
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The Weaver of Grass22 December 2017 at 20:04
What a lovely Christmassy tour.
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Simple Living22 December 2017 at 20:10
It all looks fabulous and what lovely treats, your going to have a great time, Merry Christmas.
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e22 December 2017 at 20:22
Lovely ... Have a wonderful Christmas!
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Living Alone in Your 60's22 December 2017 at 21:45
Don't let my hubby see those toffifee, they're his favourite. Your gift wrapping is beautifully neat and your hone, grounds and piggies are absolutely lovely.
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Anonymous22 December 2017 at 23:32
If I lived closer I would pop in - your house looks so welcoming and festive !! Have a lovely Christmas. x
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Jackie23 December 2017 at 01:45
Your home looks lovely.

God bless.
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angryparsnip23 December 2017 at 05:18
What a darling post and what wonderful decorations.
Love the Christmas Pigs !

cheers, parsnip and mandibles
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Unknown23 December 2017 at 20:16
Thank you for the tour. Merry Christmas
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Anonymous24 December 2017 at 08:47
Have a Very happy Christmas.
Your front door looks lovely as do the festive pigs.
However the pigs remind me of your last post of 2016 when you closed your blog
and bid fair well to us all.
I was devastated and fell I'd lost good friends.
So glad you returned.
Looking forward to hearing about the new challenge you are setting yourselves.
All the best for 2018. Sue
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Anonymous24 December 2017 at 13:50
Thanks enjoyed the festive mooch, your house as always looks charming. Merry Christmas
to all.xx
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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