green and pleasant

a respectable start to the day at 7.30am with an excited Em wondering if Father Christmas had filled her stocking on the mantle, if the reindeer had eaten the carrot left on the hearth and what might be under the tree. After present opening, playing, book reading and a bite to eat, us Ward Jnr's took a walk up the Edge. Air fresh, cold and still; the late afternoon sunlight gently playing on the fields, adding shadow and definition that's been absent for so many days. English idyll.
Merry Christmas all.