Christmas with the Tideswells – a Christmas day parkrun, a walk to Bucknall, opening presents, fudge for lunch, cooking Christmas dinner, eating Christmas dinner and then snoozing under my new Lancashire cricket blanket (thanks Mr T).

And since then, it has all been very quiet. Lots of time for soup-making – broccoli and stilton – and creating interesting recipes from Christmas leftovers. Catching up on sleep. Staying out of the rain. Fighting off a cold. Planning for holidays and adventures in 2024. Sorting out insurance and the recycling.

And sitting in front of the TV and binge-watching.

Doctor Who and Ghosts on Christmas Day. Season 2 of Vigil on Wednesday, Murder is Easy and half a series of Silo on Thursday. I’m up to date with Reacher and there are 4 more episodes of season 3 of Slow Horses for this afternoon. Any recommendations for the rest of the weekend?

And in between times, I’ve made a new friend – this beautiful bird has been visiting us nearly every day this week.

December was really busy – but for Christmas, I slowed down. You could almost say I stopped.

Hope your Christmas wish came true too.

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50 for 50 #18: 50 posts for my 50th birthday to be posted before I’m 51.