First, we have rancid skate cooking out on the balcony [on account of the smell, obviously]…

A steaming, heaping platter of rancid skate, mmmmmm……

Húrri the family feline was rather curious about the foodsmells wafting up from the table…

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT…

Our tree tada!

[The string of lights near the bottom is brighter than the others. Noticeable only on camera though]

The lovely Christmas ornaments that EPI’s daughter brought me back from Slovakia, representing our four girls…

Girl one

Girl two

Girl three

Girl four

… AND THE WEATHER TODAY WAS COLD AND GORGEOUS

[Tomorrow I shall tell you what they’re doing. If you don’t know already.]