Feeling festive!

It was all looking very festive this weekend at Chiltern Open Air Museum.

Typically, the Madwoman's usual incompetence meant that

she got the opening times mixed up and we arrived an hour early.

However, that didn't stop us mooching around and annoying people

as they rushed round trying to finish setting up.

There were Victorians everywhere,doing festive things ...

there were some really lovely craft gifts ...

 

Not to mention a stand-in for Rudolph, being decorated by a reluctant elf. 

We rushed the Madwoman off to the woods before she got any ideas about

garlanding us with tinsel, paused for a quick kiss

under the mistletoe and then, feeling suitably Christmassy, 

went home to write out our present list for Santa.

A working walk

We went for what the Madwoman describes as a 'working walk' this morning.

This turned out to involve her stopping every time we had got going in order that

she could take photos for a book she's planning to do with a splinter group from

Authors Electric ( a writing thingy which we help the Madwoman contribute to. You can find out more HERE). We pointed out that she is pants with a camera - as you have all 

witnessed on these pages - but it didn't deter her one bit from leaping around snapping away.

Another tiresome and chilly break while we wait for trees

to pose for the Madwoman. 

Fortunately we had our nice new warm raincoats on.

We did discover this along the way.

We guess that it's either to stop candles from escaping during the night

or to stop them from being nicked.

And here's the place to line up for a snog with us. 

We are thinking about giving Christmas kisses under the mistletoe in return for turkey.

Who's first?