Peaceful & Joyful Christmas wishes

Before the busyness of Christmas day, I just want to thank each & everyone who stops by, reads the updates & comments - you are all much appreciated & very welcome. 

I would love you to invite others to join my blog too - that would be a wonderful blessing for me. 

I have visited many amazing National Trust homes this December again & marvelled at the glorious decorations & trees that fill every room & space. The space that always excites me the most is cosy libraries with seats that you can sink in to & with shelves lined with the most beautiful leather books.  

However, as lovely as those are, I never lose sight of how blessed I am to have a lovely home of my own that is a motley collection of a life lived in many places, now far from where I started but I keep traces of it all about me. It will never be a show home because my life is lived with all that entails from various countries & cultures ... 

So this Christmas, be thankful for those who have made it to the festive season with you, those who will find it difficult & those who lend you their wings when yours have trouble holding you up. Not everyone wears their heart on their sleeves but everyone has things they don't speak about & that weighs heavily on their minds.  Special wishes to all with health niggles that will follow them in to the new year.

I always toast absent friends & family - they are never far from my mind & especially my Mother who was a Christmas babe. She is missed greatly at Christmas. However, there is a party up there that will be amazing because my parents are reunited ... 

I toast the land I live in & the one I came from - grateful to both for the richness in my life. 

I toast friends & family, especially the lovely daughters & their partners & family - may they always know my love goes everywhere with them. 

Have a blessed festive season, and thank you for stopping by & visiting with me. 

Dee 🌲🕯️❤️