The spirit of Christmas which is peace;
The heart of Christmas which is love."
- Ada V. Hendricks
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| Bridge across the Tweed |
Saturday was a stunning winters day, such a blue sky. We had a lazy morning then went off for a walk along the Tweed and old railway path. Spent the rest of the afternoon putting up the outside Christmas lights, wrapping the last of the presents, making Christmas decorations and painting. Think we are about there with Christmas organisation.
Painted a wee winter scene today 
Hoping santa is going to bring me more brushes 
) Its varied a wee bit over the years. Sometimes its been in a basket but recently I've used this plate candle holder. The smell when carving the citrus fruit and putting in the cloves is so Christmassy and relaxing. I love it.
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| Today - sheep in a snow storm |
The weekend has been about relaxing and getting the last of the Christmas organising done. We managed to get a wee walk yesterday up through the woods and the outside lights up outside the cottage. The mincemeat pies are baked and the turkey is defrosting, though the weather needs to warm up for that to happen.
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| Poppy and I Christmas chilling |
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| Poppy making mischief |
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| Happy not happy with this one. The trees didn't turn out how I wanted them, but I'd be happy with a cosy cabin in the snow for christmas. Let me know when you spot the special feature in this painting x |
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| Mincemeat |
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| its mincemeat pie time |
A lovely meal this evening. Sad to see the Traquair Arms so quiet just before Christmas 
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| Wildflowers - a monochrome yesterday, painted with only one colour. |
The Christmas cake is decorated, the mincmeat pies made, 1 dessert made out of 3 for Christmas eve / Christmas day. The shopping is done, the presents wrapped, time for a wee bailies I think.
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| Poached pears for christmas eve dinner |
Thistles in a corn field - who is missing those summer flowers and skies? I think this will be the last painting for a few days. After a morning of baking and cooking in preparation for the next few days I grabbed an hour to paint.
Tomorrow full scale catering commences.
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| Thistles in a corn field |
Wow! What better way to end what has been a challenging year with this announcement!
My wee business won an award!
Quercus has been awarded best Garden Nursery of 2021 for the Scottish Borders by SME News Scottish Enterprise Awards 2021. This was quite unexpected and much appreciated to see all our hard work appreciated and our vision for our independent plant nursery recognised.
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