A very thrifty Winter Solstice
Hello m' Chateau escapees, What's wrong with a glitter-ball-skeletal-lampshade topped with a Giant Flying Tuna, as a Christmas decoration, I ask you ??? When the kids mocked me and asked for a 'proper Christmas Tree', I started to worry. I mean, what is up with these kids today? Next they'll be asking to go to Disneyland, not content mud sliding on tea trays down one of the local spoil tips. Then I thought, 'right, you little blighters, you want 'Christmassy', I'll give you 'Christmassy'... with a dark Winter Solstice twist '. Inspired by Beate , and channeling my own inner 'Escape to the Chateau', I donned my red beret, grabbed my secateurs, pulled on my wellies, and went out into the garden to forage for foliage. Returning indoors, I kept on my red beret, just for effect really (our 1970s house is centrally heated). The gathered foliage: Phontinia, Bay, Camellia and Rhododendron (the later two with flower buds). Our y...