Christmas is normally only celebrated in our house with food and drink, but this year we got the new lights out and decorated the owl with my Christmas golf outfit hat…
Still only managing the basic weeknote writing and almost not getting that done this week!
It was hot, hot, hot, and then unseasonably cold for Christmas. The seabreeze came in strong, which was not a cause for celebration in a household containing an injured windsurfer. We went for a few walks instead and saw some amazing trees on one of them.
I had to look them up (and they weren’t at all what I thought they were). These Delonix regia, also known as royal ponciana or peacock flower, were really quite amazing as a group in one of the more wind protected areas on our walk. The rest of the walk was pretty blowy (and that was inland around the river). It was cold enough that following the eve tradition of prawns we could have roast duck breast on the day itself, accompanied by roast potatoes and a new dish of roasted brussel sprouts and butternut squash (which I, um, over-caramalised a little) with walnuts and feta. Most unusual on a day often so hot that a barbecue and cold salads are the only options.
Having managed not to over eat or drink, I embarked on back to back golf games over two days. This was unwise, as it turned out. I didn’t manage to protect my eyes properly on the first, slept poorly, and by the end of the second day’s play I was red-eyed, very tired and more than a little grumpy! At least I slept well after all that exercise, so my eyes recovered pretty quickly this time.
Stuff I did:
- Golf x2
- Home strength/weights x1 (super short, so I need to get back into this asap)
- Lots of other walks (together)
- A lot of cooking (just for the two of us though, so not difficult)
Plans:
- Get back into home strength/weights (x2 or x3)
- Golf x2
- Beach walk and/or swim
- Make a skirt (because I did not do this last week or the week before)
- Get on the water? (will I do this, given D’s injured shoulder?)
- More garden pruning
I may well focus on doing things other than writing. It just feels better for now. I might try to put up my publications list, if I can work out how.
