A quick festive post to wish you all a most wonderful, love filled day today!
Merry Christmas Peeps to you and yours!
May Santa have filled your stockings with the fulfilment of all the wishes you may have made this year!
Merry Christmas!
25 Dec 2017 81 Comments
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Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 149 – #Christmas
24 Dec 2017 35 Comments
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“Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.” – Helen Steiner Rice
What a lovely thought Spidey!
Christmas every day!
It’s true though, isn’t it, we spread ‘peace on earth and goodwill to all men’ around the festive period, then it all disappears…
If we were to keep that thought as a constant, all year round, wouldn’t our world be a more wonderful place to live?
I’ll leave you with that, and get off to start some preparations for tomorrow’s dinner now!
Enjoy your Christmas Eve Sunday Peeps!!!!!
#SoCS Dec. 23/17 – Yule/You’ll/Yul
23 Dec 2017 30 Comments
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Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “yule/you’ll/Yul.” Start your post with one of them. Have fun!
Yule log.
Definitely a favourite pudding of mine during this festive period of Christmas!
Mind you, if there was a choice of stationing myself at the bar or the dessert station, you’ll find me near the sweet stuff, EVERY TIME!
I had a lovely yule log at my school staff Christmas party, accompanied by a mixed berry compote and ice CREAM – Yum!
We went to the shops today… the last Friday before Christmas, and it was manic, I’m sure I don’t have to tell you. The kids and I needed to venture into a food shop to pick up a few Christmas dinner essentials, like pigs in blankets, goose fat (best roast potatoes ever!) and dessert!
We ended up with a trifle, cheesecake and a profiterole tower… but no yule log! It appears my kids don’t share my love of a chocolatey swiss roll type thing!
Hmm… I’ll bet Yul Brynner likes yule log!
(sorry, just had to slip that extra Yul in too!)
And with that, I’ll be off to take a child to a pre-Christmas birthday party… and get ready for my folks to arrive!
Happy Saturday Peeps!
December 21 – Flash Fiction – White Flowers
22 Dec 2017 42 Comments
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Charli’s prompt this week:
December 21, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) include white flowers in your story. This is a repeat prompt, but one that has an ability to be emotive. Humor, drama, irony — go wherever the white flowers lead.
After reading Charli’s post, I felt the need to write something with a little sensitivity…
Ghajra
Arranging the ghajra in her hair, Hari allowed his eyes to drift over her form.
Meena looked as beautiful as she had, years before, on their wedding day.
As tradition states, she was dressed as a bride, ready to leave the house for the final time.
Hari had always bought her a fresh ghajra on his morning walk, and gently placed the fragrant white jasmine flowers around her hair bun.
The gesture made her smile, and she’d tease him about being an old romantic.
So, even today, on that journey to her funeral pyre, she lay, adored and adorned.
https://carrotranch.com/2017/12/21/dec-21-flash-fiction-contest/
My Christmas Wish For You All #FridayFeelings
22 Dec 2017 72 Comments
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Well hello, Peeps!
I thought I’d reach out to you all on this Friday before Christmas, the calm before the storm, so to speak!
Got a busy weekend ahead, followed by the madness and mayhem that is Christmas, before I can sit and really ‘create’ a post again!
Firstly, I should let you all know that this weekend, I shall finally get to see my parents – Yay!!!! We were determined that weather and all sorts would not get in the way, and it looks like we will have our get together!
Secondly, I wanted to give you a few words as my Christmas gift to you all.
Forgiveness is key.
If there are any grudges or hurts you are holding inside, please, try and let them go.
Something I have been dealing with personally has let me to want to say this to those I hold dear to me, and that includes all of you reading this too.
People make mistakes.
Often they will only make them once, though there are those that never learn.
But we are all human, and if someone has wronged you, talk it out, and then try and put it behind you.
Sometimes the only person you are hurting by not forgiving is yourself.
Take heed – I haven’t said Forgive and Forget.
I fully understand that there are situations you cannot ever forget, but if you take the step to forgive, the memory can usually fade, not be a glaring reminder, but rather a dim beacon of caution.
And if you are able to forgive, life can be so much easier to cope with.
With this thought in mind, go forth and enjoy your Christmas Peeps!
Eat, drink (not too much!) and be merry!
Christmas Love to you all!!!!!
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