Which it is a Christmas Tree, triced up and well braced.
So, it wasn't actually up until Christmas Eve, and it came down on Twelve
Night, and, apologies for the late posting, but I did manage to assemble a
Patrick O'Brian tree, just in time, and get pictures....
(The house isn't mine, btw - one of the reasons why it went up during
radio-silence.)
So - there were admirals
Frigates
A ship of the line (I suspect it's the Mary Rose...)
Globes and Union Flags (correct from 1801 onwards)
A Nutmeg of Consolation
(I dipped a nutmeg in glue and fine silver glitter and attached it to the
stray clasp of a old tree bauble)
And Barrett Bonden's own gun....
I couldn't find a sloth - but a venomous platypus seemed the next best option
- and here he is, contesting ownership of a duff with Testudo Aubreii
There were also ship's biscuits - made much as I suspect the originals were -
and marked with the broad arrow -
These are about 2cm squared, baked in an aga overnight - alas, the photo of
them on the tree hasn't come out.
"At the present moment, the whole fleet is lit up. When I say 'lit up', I mean
lit up by fairy lamps."
I'm pleased to say it met with the approval of a Royal Marine who dropped in
on New Year's Eve, and has offered to help me start a collection for a
Peninsula tree - so Jack can share honours with Dick Sharpe next year.
Sorry it took so long to post (- rather like a serial letter to Sophie...)
And a Happy New Year
Night, and, apologies for the late posting, but I did manage to assemble a
Patrick O'Brian tree, just in time, and get pictures....
(The house isn't mine, btw - one of the reasons why it went up during
radio-silence.)
So - there were admirals
Frigates
A ship of the line (I suspect it's the Mary Rose...)
Globes and Union Flags (correct from 1801 onwards)
A Nutmeg of Consolation
(I dipped a nutmeg in glue and fine silver glitter and attached it to the
stray clasp of a old tree bauble)
And Barrett Bonden's own gun....
I couldn't find a sloth - but a venomous platypus seemed the next best option
- and here he is, contesting ownership of a duff with Testudo Aubreii
There were also ship's biscuits - made much as I suspect the originals were -
and marked with the broad arrow -
These are about 2cm squared, baked in an aga overnight - alas, the photo of
them on the tree hasn't come out.
"At the present moment, the whole fleet is lit up. When I say 'lit up', I mean
lit up by fairy lamps."
I'm pleased to say it met with the approval of a Royal Marine who dropped in
on New Year's Eve, and has offered to help me start a collection for a
Peninsula tree - so Jack can share honours with Dick Sharpe next year.
Sorry it took so long to post (- rather like a serial letter to Sophie...)
And a Happy New Year