Away in a manger …

While assembling shelves in the upstairs study we were distracted by a red kite circling above the garden. A striking sight indeed. In the afternoon, on our son in law’s recommendation, we went to this farm to buy a Christmas tree. It will stay in the garden for a few weeks but we were pleased with our farmyard purchase. Up the road from the farm, a thatcher was re-thatching a medieval dwelling. A quintessential English Christmas card scene .