This morning

has been busy in a nice way.

2 friends came for coffee. I heated some Avoca mince pies served with whipped cream and we had a good chat.

An old family friend brought me 3 fertiliser bags of raw turf from the bogs in Galway and it is nicely dried out. You hardly need a firelighter if you have skinny kindling and a good draw up the chimney for it to light. Turf gives a very distinct smell when it’s burning - I have always liked it.

Now is the time to go holly hunting before the birds get to it first.

Christmas starts about now. None of this forward planning mullarkey for me.
:-)