Winter is here

Flew back to the UK on the same flight as the family..Lexa was brilliant all the way.

going home on the aeroplane

My time in the UK was very busy, mainly being with Jo and Lexa whilst Rich was in Asia

trying on granny's slippers

Playing going to the airport

and then having a few days to catch up with early Christmas shopping for the family and managing to spend time with James and having an early family meal (sadly minus Adela who was still in Burma) with my sister Pat.

Malc came up to London from Bath.Sadly most of the photos were rubbish but here are a few!

Delicious dinner..Thank you Aunty Pat

feeding the ducks at Aunty Pat's with uncle James

Malc and I went to see the Cutty Sark on Monday morning........

So good to see her again

Cutty Sark

Joining the Figure Heads

 and later in the afternoon I met my double great nephews...Riley and Alfie  and  William and Jacob for the first time. Sadly no photos received yet.

 

I also got to meet up with my friend who was my ex Deputy Head from Prague, Catrin and husband Robert and their twin boys Owain and Gwydion.  So all in all the trip was laden with babies! Any excuse for a cuddle.

   I got back from the UK on 20th November to find the landscape quite changed. Fog and rain and now it is freezing cold and frosty.

The months seem now to just be dissolving as we watch and everything turning colours and leaves everywhere! 

We did nothing with our olives either but there were very few this year.

We have done very little else this month except catch up with preparing for winter. So now it's fires to light and preparations for Christmas.