tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post4509820922897291668..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: Santa comes to GraemsaySianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-35559032936523366582010-12-19T01:13:18.401+00:002010-12-19T01:13:18.401+00:00Sian listen:
this is blogging! I just picked up f...Sian listen:<br /> this is blogging! I just picked up from the coments the Wessex Reiver to find very many things in common!<br />No, the snow does not belong for now anyway, but the other things.<br />it is a wonderful world all over us.<br />2010 Deceber 21 23:38 GT is Solstice! Glory to the SUN.Blue birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396641802581928353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-56629894211565720482010-12-16T10:46:33.528+00:002010-12-16T10:46:33.528+00:00Ho Ho ho - good to see Santa has arrived early in ...Ho Ho ho - good to see Santa has arrived early in the Orkneys, time to head back to Lapland and hitch Rudolph to the sleigh. <br /><br />As Blue bird says, just a few days to the Solstice, which I celebrate, and from then on in, the days get longer and longer and everyone smiles when the sun shines.<br /><br />And Sian I can't imagine you'd ever be so naughty you'd not get a present...:-)The Wessex Reiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781303871936178731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-88209180045211439462010-12-15T00:20:06.406+00:002010-12-15T00:20:06.406+00:00Happy Santa Holidays! In many ways to celebrate th...Happy Santa Holidays! In many ways to celebrate the Winter Solstice--- the way I see it.<br />"Joy to the world<br />The solstice comes<br />the Almighty Sun<br />shines on everyone"<br /><br />Love and hugs:<br /> Julia/bb:)Blue birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396641802581928353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-88485089306105238322010-12-11T14:57:41.254+00:002010-12-11T14:57:41.254+00:00Our UK "mince pies" are the same as your...Our UK "mince pies" are the same as yours. In fact I hadn't realised until a few years ago that they *would* have had mince *meat* in them.... ugh!!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-112010602588256822010-12-11T14:44:05.954+00:002010-12-11T14:44:05.954+00:00Love the idea of Santa coming by boat!
The mincem...Love the idea of Santa coming by boat!<br /><br />The mincemeat pie I make no longer has actual meat in it - just darkly spiced chopped fruits - and one of our favorites. What's in an Orkney "mince pie"?Mary Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986934534719487604noreply@blogger.com