exciting christmas

We always seem to have exciting crimbo mornings... last year the car got stuck on top of a wall in Montazels, that was unforgettable. This year the little kitchen ceiling (in the room also known as The Abbatoir) fell in.

No bones broken, thank goodness - the captain had moved the turkey and thangs elsewhere in the night or we'd be having dust for lunch.

The memory I prefer to carry for this year is rather cheerier. Bob bought me a DVD of Verdis Requiem, a 1968 recording featuring among others a young Pavarotti with a veritably juvenile von Karajan conducting. I had it on at full blast, naturally. And the parrot Rico tried to join in by shouting C'est pas grave at the top of his voice - perfect :)

Here's the street in a decoration. Beautiful day. Enjoy, wherever you are - best wishes from here xxx