If anyone would like a card from me, then please drop me a message by DM with your address, and I will send one.  I have some lovely cards with winter birds on them and would be very happy to send them to people.  Anywhere in the world, but not extra-terrestrially.

And don't forget, if you would like a ficlet (Twelve Days of Christmas) there are ( Read more... )

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As part of my 'go on try something different' challenge, about six months ago I signed up for a Dare to Dabble session at Nature in Art, which is a local art gallery, specialising in art with a natural theme - be it animal, vegetable or mineral.  They're quite well known in their sphere and have temporary exhibitions including 2018 British Wildlife ( Read more... )

Wishing all my flist a Very Happy Christmas
and if you don't celebrate then you have my Best Wishes.

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In the run up to Christmas this year, I have been helping at the Christingle:

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It seemed a bit sad that vix_spes only had a tag-on to another ficlet and she did leave such irresistible prompts I obviously couldn't resist writing a second.  She said "Margaret Hale/John Thornton - generic Christmas fluff", so from North & South (icon is John Thornton) have a little fluff for the Thorntons' first married Christmas.

The Christmas Tree

This is for laurose8 who requested "For ACD Holmes: would your muselet - sorry, muse - find a pre-canon Christmas for Holmes interesting? I admit I first thought of Mycroft and Sherlock as kids; but if you'd rather go with Holmes as a student or starting as a detective, that's fine, too ( Read more... )

Yesterday was one of those days when everything went well.  For those of you who had difficult Christmases this is not an attempt to make you feel bad.  This is just a record of a good day ( Read more... )

from the Hobbit Household.

( Happy Christmas )

We go on holiday on Sunday (hooray!), being picked up at 7.10am (rather less hooray).  And obviously I'm busy for the three evenings before that.  So if you don't hear from me until Saturday week, I'm not ignoring you, or being more incompetent than usual, but just not here - physically as well as mentally ( Read more... )