Happy Mithras Eve

I spent today doing the festive preparation of cleaning the aquarium filters and vacuuming fish gravel. We've welcomed a little school of tiger barbs to our piscean family. I'm happy to be able to do it. This year has been all about falling off that work-life balance beam and landing splat on the floor. Taking the unexpectedly generous number of holidays this season to chill and take care of home things, barely checking email. We're not entertaining or visiting, just being home to heal and save up some energy. The coming year will be intense.

We picked up a last minute Christmas tree yesterday and put it up, the first one in years. A random selection of lights and not many decorations, but  I wanted to smell evergreen in the house. It's very pleasant right now, sitting around it with candles lit, by the glow of the laptop. L is producing a feast, unsurprisingly, and looks so sweet by the twinkling lights.

( The Christmas Fish )

Perhaps on Boxing Day I will win the struggle to write some cards. Thank you to everyone who sent them to us -- we are thinking of you and wishing you happiness.

Enjoy the season of lights.