Countdown to Christmas: Day 2

It's the second day of our Yuletide celebrations. Today was more of an outdoor kinda day (for me - Rob was at work all day).

Walk in the Woods

I had a lovely walk in Blackley Forest today, listening to Christmas music and looking out for all the signs that the Holly King's reign has truly begun. There's a beautiful glade of silver birch trees in the forest, and I've fallen into the tradition of visiting it each December, standing in the middle of it and listening to 'Carol of the Bells'.

Stollen

Tonight, I had a bit of a difficult thing to do, as it was the monthly Friends of Crumpsall Park committee meeting, and sadly the meeting when I resigned as treasurer. I've been treasurer for eight years, and I still love the park a lot, but it's time for me to hand over to someone else now. I took some stollen for the committee so that it wasn't all doom and gloom!

Advent Tea

Today's tea in my Bird and Blend advent calendar was Earl Grey Creme!

Advent Model

Today's model in our other advent calendar was a little Christmas wreath!

Countdown to Christmas: Day 1

It begins! Time to get festive again! Last Christmas seems so long ago - I hope I can remember how to celebrate.

Litter-Pick in the Park

The first day of December was the monthly Friends of Crumpsall Park litter-pick. For the past 8 years, I've been organizing these litter-picks each month, but I've recently decided to step down and hand the baton on to someone else. Since it was my last litter-pick (as organizer) and the first day of our Christmas celebrations, I brought mulled apple juice and mince pies to share with the other volunteers.

Festive Afternoon Tea

We went to Stockport Plaza for Festive Afternoon Tea this afternoon, and it was SO festive. We had a lovely afternoon tea (including mince pies), a glass of champagne and some Christmas songs. We were warned that we'd be unlikely to see Santa, as the detector showed him as still being in the North Pole. I swear, when I spotted that the hand had moved around, I was more excited that I've been for a long time. Oh, and the scones were Cornwall-style, not Devon, by the way.

Advent Tea

Rob got me a Bird and Blend tea advent calendar again this year. Yay! Today's advent tea was Gingerbread Chai.

Advent Model

Rob also got us a quirky Lego not Lego advent calendar with a little model to make behind each door. I think at the end, you can combine the models to make four big ones but for now we're making a little one each day.