On the 23rd day of December… ‘My daughters bought for me, two gold fish in a fishtank’, said Tata.

The story started when the children first asked for a pet once we purchased our own home. One wanted a rabbit, the other a dog. Tata said they could only have one gold fish, which he would put into a bucket in the back yard! The children where horrified!

Anyway, they decided to buy Tata two gold fish for Christmas. One is white in colour and the other is mainly orange with big eyes. After much deliberation and discussion, they were named Galaxy (the white one) and Comet (the orange one), so here are our newest additions t our family…

Comet and Galaxy Tata’s fish!

On the 22nd day of December… we enjoyed some time around the house, cleaning up in anticipation for Christmas day.

We baked our Christmas Puddings, and had a lot of fun.

The Recipe -

• Currants,
• Sultana’s
• Raisons
• Slithered Almonds,
• Glace Cherries
• Almond Meal
• Plain Flour
• Bread Crumbs
• Brown Sugar
• Eggs

On the 21st day of December….. We went Shopping for our last minute gifts to put underneath the Christmas tree. Ham, Lamb, Chicken and Beef we purchased for our meal, along with lots of veggies!

The day was spent with much of the morning carting wood we purchased fo next winter from the pergola into the wood pile. The kids moved the wood, while Tata split the pieces that were too big into small ones.

On the 20th day December…. We stayed at home. The children watched Christmas movies and I took some time out in my garden to take some pictures of the veggies and roses.

It is incredible how quickly our roses are growing back after being pruned and how many flowers we are getting off them. I must admit that I am not really a rose person, but these give some beautiful flowers in a variety of wonderful colours.

The Roses

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Some pictures of our Veggies

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On the 19th day of December ….. Mumma enjoyed her last day at work, before Christmas. Tata unfortunately has to get all the way until the 23rd of December to get anytime off.

Roll on the 24th!