Preparing for the New Year by hanging more prayer flags in the tree outside the window in front of the cottage. The first thing you see when you arrive. Welcoming I hope.
This year we shall also hang wishes a la Yoko Ono on the tree in white. She made a beautiful tree in Bergen Norway once with the towns folk. A tree filled with white wishes, or wishes in white tied to the branches.
It is a willow. A goat willow from what I could tell from the tree book I have.
The cats have first row baskets on the sill and can watch the prayer flags and wishes from inside.
It is snowing and it is beautiful. All the fells are white, the sheep are whitish and luckily are given hay to eat.
I am going to put out bird seed for our many neighbours.
On the actual New Years eve we shall be seeing it in with some friends in Bellingham. Ben, the gardener and his parents live on a hill with a view of the North Tyne Valley and they have lovely cats and a dog too. It should be really nice and cosy.
Not so far to drive back home from either!
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