Just wish more emphasis on reconciliation, peace, goodwill to all and all that, and less on feeding egos,grasping for the latest best must have and pushing people aside to get what we think we need more
Absolutely! Mrs Womble saw a fight break out in Tesco's carpark yesterday over a parking space. What is the world coming to?
Well, I think we're starting to get there. I turked the plucky this morning, and then turned my attention to the tree.
Unfortunately last year's pot grown tree (which I had hoped would last us for several years) started to drop its needles a few weeks ago, and is now looking quite forlorn. So, I went off in search of a new one, hoping the garden centres might have cut their prices by now. FIFTY QUID!?!? Seriously? "Oh, we have some little ones left for thirty" said the assistant. "No thanks", I said, realising that these were all cut trees, and would hence only last a year.
So, according to the ancient Highlander's rights of “A trout from the brook, a staff from the wood, a stag from the hill—thefts no man ever felt shame for”, I found a lovely four foot tall tree on the way home, which had self-seeded on the edge of a plantation, but was too close to the road to be allowed to get much bigger.
I didn't steal it you understand.... just relocated it in a Wombly sort of way. Having dug it up carefully, It still has all of its roots, so I've planted it up in a nice big pot and hopefully it will do us for a few years before finally being put out to pasture somewhere on our land. So now half of me feels satisfied that this was a nice non-commercial, eco friendly way to go about things, whilst the other half feels a tinge of guilt that no self respecting Highlander would recognize.
I'm off to put the rest of the turkeys to bed now. They'll have a Merry Christmas no doubt, and I hope all of you do too
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