After all the madness of the weeks and day's leading up to Christmas I was glad to have a quieter day today. The sun was shinning lovely so I took off to a local park for a walk and to feed the ducks. It was nice to get some fresh air and be in the sunshine after weeks of rainy damp weather.
A pair of herons were on the furthest bank of the pond, lovely to see them back again.
And a friendly robin sat long enough for me to get a nice photo, I usually take some bird food with but I'd forgotten, I feel sure he would have come closer if I'd had some.
I had an hour in the garden, just a general tidy up, there are still lots of leaves in the boarders but I'm not too worried about those, they will be harbouring some tasty bugs for the birds.
Christmas Day is always busy and yesterday was no different We go to see the children and grandchildren and take the presents Santa has left at our house, seeing the kids opening their presents does make it all worth while, I love seeing how excited they get.
We went out for our Christmas dinner this year, Stevie and Darren came with us, the meal was ok, it's never quite the same as your own roast dinner is it? but it saved cooking and I just wasn't up to having all the mess with cooking this year so I enjoyed it. We had a 1.30 sitting and it was nice to come back and just chill out for the rest of the afternoon.
Tomorrow is my birthday, not sure if we are doing anything yet, if the weather is nice again it would be good to get out for a bit, we'll see.
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas day and are now enjoying some relaxation time.
-X-
12 comments:
Merry Christmas to you Maggie and I hope you have a lovely birthday too. Here in New Zealand we are having unseasonal rain in some areas which rather spoils summer holidays for many.
Happy birthday for tomorrow, hope you get loads of lovely surprises.
Lovely photographs.
Happy birthday for tomorrow.
All the best Jan
It was a beautiful day yesterday, perfect for a walk after all the festivities
Hope you had a lovely Birthday .
We had 3 Christmas dinners the weeks before Christmas ,
But my daughter wanted to come over , so I did cook on Christmas Day , or we may have gone out , but it was lovely..
Lovely photos .Love the Robin we have a pair in our garden ,
So hope to see some babies this year.
Wishing you a Happy New Year soon. Hugs June.
It's good to get out and get some fresh air after all the chaos of Christmas, time to reset again, haha. We've only had Christmas dinner at a restaurant once, it was the year I was pregnant with Daniel and it just didn't feel the same, especially since the staff there seemed to want us finished as quickly as possible. I expect they were wanting to get home to their families. I can understand why people do go out though, it's nice not to have to cook and even nicer not to have to clear up, haha. Hope you had a wonderful birthday.
Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday!
Waving hi as I make my blog rounds. Happy New Year to you.
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and from another late December birthday person (29th) wishing you a very Happy Birthday.
God bless.
Hope you had a wonderful birthday, Maggie! Having a birthday that close to Christmas isn't always the easiest... Mine is in 12 days and I feel like even that is too close to Christmas :)
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