21 December 2020
The best thing was that I finished a painting and hung it in the living room. Always good to get something finished, especially with the next few days given over to jollification.
My praying mantis painting 'Reflected Glory' gets pride of place over the sofa!
Then we went outside and selected this year's Christmas tree from among the cypress which are growing too close to the path. It is taller than usual, as we have more room in the house than when we were camping out around tool benches and works-in-progress. Dave whittled down the trunk to fit the stand properly.
Walking round the garden we spotted this perfect nasturtium growing by one of the hazel trees. It's nice to see some of them have taken off where seed was scattered. We had a small ceremony of gratitude to the garden and all the growing things while we were by the pond. We have lots to be grateful for.
The Christmas tree in all its glory. Decorating it required a certain amount of port to be drunk, and Christmas carols to be sung.
Then, in a happy place, we adjourned to the front door step to watch the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, which has conveniently located itself in a prominent dip between two trees just above the horizon. Another small thing to be grateful for!
The conjuction is happening in the centre of this photograph in which it is not at all visible - but we had a good view by eye.
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