Christmas Time

[Annie]

I would just like to say "Happy Christmas" to everyone, I hope you all have the Christmas you desire.

[Eagle]

Thanks Annie and Happy Christmas to you.

You have been a breath of fresh air to the forum.

[Annie]

Ahh, Thank you,I enjoy your no nonsense posts Eagle.

[marymck]

Yes, Happy Christmas Annie. You too Eagle.

[Annie]

Thank you.

[Robin Orton]

A happy Christmas to everyone, and thank you all for the pleasure of your company during the year.

Robin

Et Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis.

[Annie]

Merry Christmas Robin.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)

And we have beheld His glory,
glory as of the only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. (John 1:1)



Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

And we have beheld His glory,
glory as of the only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

[leenewham]

Merry Christmas everyone.

And the children welcomed us with their presents.
John Lewis 12.11

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[Annie]

Haha,
Lee have a great Christmas and I hope the Credit card did recover from all that bending!

[Tim Lund]

And Happy Christmas to everyone as well from me - if it's not too late - with a snap from my Christmas morning walk


(although in fact I took it this morning when the light was better)

[Eagle]

Looks good Tim. I guess not Silverdale?

[Tim Lund]

Looks good Tim. I guess not Silverdale?

No. Here's a clue

[Eagle]

I like The Black Country. Good real ale and friendly people.
Brum OK in places but totally different from The Black Country ( I assume OK to still call it that as it has been known as that for well over 200 years )

[Tim Lund]

Well, those are the Malverns, so not exactly Black Country

[Eagle]

Elgar Country. I should have reconised it.

[Tim Lund]

Elgar Country. I should have recognised it.

As some people here will know, my first job after leaving uni was as a scarecrow. My patch, a cherry orchard in Worcestershire, had views across to the Malverns, with Elgar's birthplace just a mile away. With crows and other birds scared away, it was sometimes possible to imagine Elgar on the soundtrack ...

[Eagle]

I often wonder when I am going to hear one of those infernal i pods on the bus playing Elgar.

It would be great compared to the rubbish we are subjected to.

[Robin Orton]

Elgar Country. I should have recognised it

Housman, too:

Into my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?

That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.