Merry Christmas, okay well maybe not just yet. Greetings!
Our Christmas tree went up early (for us), normally we start on putting up the Christmas tree and other decorations on the first weekend of December, but this year because of our family arrangements we need to be a little bit ahead of our normal routine. This means that we’ve pretty much finished our Christmas shopping – with the exception of groceries etc. – and we’re progressing with decorations. I suspect I’ll still be glad when it’s all over.
I also sat and wrote all of our Christmas cards, although I didn’t post them until yesterday as I felt that just because our Christmas plans were moving like a runaway train maybe the recipients would appreciate a little more hiatus before being bombarded (and then we received our first card in Saturdays mail, so someone is even further ahead than we are).
Other than work (see below) this week has been fairly quiet. I’ve been trying to catch up on a few TV programmes that I’ve recorded over the last few months / year and wondering how so much time has passed so quickly when looking at some of the dates of the recordings!
Work – A bit of an odd week workwise. I had a call on Monday asking if I had some time to help with a particular project, and what I would charge. Although I had reservations about the deadline within which I would have to work, I did have enough time around other things, and gave a price which they seemed to be happy with. As so often happens, things moved on and I didn’t end up doing anything to help, although this might come back again later on. In between that I’ve spent time preparing for another networking event that I am attending on Monday evening, and some thoughts to another workshop that I’m involved in later on in the week.
I also had a follow up email from someone who asked me a while ago if I would be interested in some work, but there were never able to progress it due to lack of funding. Well it would appear that it might be back on the cards again. They’re going to send through a spec to which I can respond.
Allotment – Still digging and doing winter chores on the allotment. I recorded an update video last weekend, but didn’t include it in last weeks Quick Links, so here it is:
Currently Reading – This has been another week of not really reading anything specific, but I did sit down and look through what I’ve read this year and prepared a post on some of the books that I would recommend as potentially being suitable for Christmas presents.
I also received the CD audiobook of “Persephone” by Julian Stockwin [LINK] in the post. It was a prize for entering Julian’s Lucky Dip competition a few weeks ago on Twitter. A nice surprise to win.
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The Week In Wildlife – In Pictures
Rats Of New York – Are you an uptown rat or a downtown rat? [LINK] What the genetics of the rat population of New York has taught researchers.
Avengers: Infinity War
The Longplayer Conversation – Chris Watson & David Attenborough
Thanks to @Documentally for the link to this one in his newsletter.
That’s it for this week. In case you haven’t had enough Christmas yet, here’s another pic of our preparations.
Electronic Scrapbook 