Festive good wishes

Sending early Christmas and Happy New Year wishes to our friends and family. We will be having a very quiet and restful holiday period. Martin is on holiday for two weeks after today, and will be mainly resting. Hope you have a good time too. The picture is "The Shortening Winter's Day is near a Close" painted by Joseph Farquharson. We have had a large framed print of this since the late 1990s, bought from a glazier in Bonnygate, Cupar. It is currently up on our main wall in the sitting room, and very much enjoyed.

More accordion playing

Delighted to manage an hour's play on my piano accordion. Very light headed neurologically, and challenged by bellows control! But delighted got a play. Mainly my own arrangements e.g. Despacito, Aladdin's Speechless, and Bergerac theme. And here, Bateau Mouche by Henry Mancini, from movie Charade.

There's always a limit to how long I can play for. I end up getting too light headed, and brain fogged very quickly, and can no longer control my fingers or arms, or read the music properly. But very happy with today's hour's play! Took me a while to "wake up" enough to not totally stuff it up. But had lots of fun.

Festive reading

Festive reading - so much Tolkien. John Hendrix’s new graphic novel biography “The Mythmakers” about Tolkien and Lewis. And Tolkien’s own “Letters from Father Christmas”, which I have never read.