Nobody expects the Monstrous Regiment!

Least of all the Spaniels!

The time I have just observed a group of three adults, two babies, and a toddler take in a cafe, from their first getting-up-to-go movements to actually getting out of the front door. The previous record was 10 minutes, taken by two women, a baby, and an enormous quantity of shopping.

Today is my Birthday!

...in that case it probably still is for nearly another 10 hours. So Happy Birthday Giertrud :-)

Thanks!!

Try to keep growing old for as long as possible.

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Ther evenings will start drawing out in less than a week, at least at this latitude, 51° 19' 06"N. This cannot be too soon.

[Rosie] Spoilsport!

[Rosie] Goodie. Ta for that bit of news.

A counting date ... 11/12/13 .... It was in November for us who write the month first though...

(Giertrude) Surely you have 12/13/14?

Yes, [Rosie], we had that. We've had a lot of neat dates so far this century. 1/2/3
2/3/4
3/4/5
4/5/6
5/6/7
6/7/8
7/8/9
8/9/10
10/11/12
11/12/13

Two more performances of "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" for me. The last performance day and cast party will be bittersweet.

Only four more working days until the Xmas hols. Next Saturday the windy miller's mill is the starting point for the torchlit midwinterday four-course gastrotour of the tiny village in Zeeland. i'll be serving gluhwijn from the workbench, under a canopy of 200 fairy lights, as they light the torches at sunset (which is about 4pm here). And on Sunday, we're heading over to Blighty for the week.