Teddy 2020!!

Actually "Steve" is over seven years old; he was a gift from friends for Child No.2 after a tobogganing accident resulted in a Lisfranc dislocation of the foot.  However, my plans for 'slow decoration' for Christmas came to a halt when Steve dropped into my lap (literally).  I couldn't ignore him.

The Lisfranc dislocation is named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin  a French surgeon who noticed the fracture pattern amongst cavalry men around the time of the Napoleonic Wars.  In their cases it tended to result from falling from a horse with a foot trapped in one of the stirrups.

I will get back to decorating the house (slowly) tomorrow.