Its a bit strange to hang out by yourself on Christmas Day – but I had quite a nice day really!
Jeff woke me when he got in from work and we exchanged presents –
A new hose and gardening knee pads for me (yay!!) and I gave Jeff a headlamp torch thingy. We plan to do a six day hike/camp adventure in a few months and figured it would come in useful! And is it ever bright!!! Its going to knock possums out of trees I reckon!!
Anyway, it was too early for me and my throat was pretty awful so I went back to bed!
I resurfaced at a more civilised hour and opened some presents my parents left for me while I was having my toast and coffee.
Mum made me this gorgeous scarf!
I also got these terrific flat pack boxes too! (Probably because Mum thinks I am untidy) 😀
Ok – I AM untidy, but I am very much looking forward to using these – I think all my wool and knitting stuff would be great in these!
It was a fabulously hot day today! (Thats 4 in a row!!) I had to give a few garden things a drink and then spent a very happy half an hour picking through the raspberry canes!
The chooks got some Christmas greens
There are scores of not yet ripe tomatoes in the hothouse. I should stop looking at them every five minutes to see if one is ripe yet!
There was also a ton of self seeded plants popping up everywhere and doing well… time to move them. (Isn’t that what you amuse yourself with on Christmas day??)
Here is a Hot Gardening Tip:
When you go ferreting about for pots to use, do so in a nice open space, so when a Huntsman tries to scramble up your leg, you don’t hurt yourself flinging your arms about doing the Spider Dance
Oh – and make sure the pot you select is not full of her spiderlings!!
Anyway – obstacles hurdled, I managed to dig up and pot a good number of tomato seedlings.
I also did some weeding and tidying and plant-training
Some snap dragons have appeared in my new little flowerbed!
When Jeff got up, we ended up having leftovers for dinner (shock-horror) Although I did make a fresh salad.
AND I had made a choc-ripple cake for dessert – so it got a bit fancy at the end! 🙂
Hope everyone had a totally lovely day!
Cheers!
Sounds like a lovely day. When I lived in Austin, Texas I planted flowers one Christmas day because the weather was beautiful.
What a nice thing to do on Christmas day!! I have always loved the Australian summer Christmas. We’d have the big lunch, then all the ‘kids’ who were back home for Christmas would raid the leftovers and take them out to the weir and catch up, eat, swim and generally have a fabulous time!
Hi Lisa – would love to have joined you in the greenhouse/garden with all those wonderful fresh vegies and fruits. I had a quiet day myself. First off was going to church to celebrate the birth of the Savior. At home, I had a bite of lunch, knitted on a sock that I am learning how to do, and cooked a supper for hubby and me. It was cool and we had an early rain, so not much going on outside here. I still am eating some tomatoes that reddened up after picking them when we had our first frost. There are still some parsnips, carrots, collard greens and some self seeded lettuces out in the garden. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
Hi Beverly! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family as well! Sounds like your day was lovely.
Sometimes a quiet day is just as good as a crazy one filled with 20 people! Nice to be still eating tomatoes! Still eagerly awaiting our first ones!
I do not like spiders! I can appreciate their usefulness in the scheme of life but I do not want them near me. Is this Huntsman poisonous?
Here in south Texas we have tarantulas….big hairy black buggers…ewww
Ew re tarantuals. nope nopey nope. 😀
The huntsman isn’t killer poisonous. The neighbourhood guys I grew up with used to pick them up and professed their bite was nothing more than a mosquito. I have no desire to test this out and confirm! 😀