Saturday 3rd January - the last lazy days

 I've got my three to-do lists for next week written out ; finance  (paying bills etc), stuff to do with my father’s flat,cand housework. And I'm resolutely ignoring them all until Monday. Then I shall set about them, whittle them down to size, cross things off, and feel virtuous. 

Until then I shall carry on eating Christmas goodies, reading,  and slowly getting on with 2By2 stitching. 

Birdwatching again.  We were visited by the wren this morning, foraging busily in the moss and weed-filled gaps between the pavers on patio under the table and chairs. It is well camouflaged being almost the same colour as the papers. 

And the magpies roared up again, like a group bikers suddenly and noisily descending on a roadside café, disturbing the peace, and sending more timid customers scurrying for cover. Then all zoomed away after a bit of strutting around and showing off.

I finished Elly Griffiths 'The Frozen People' on New Year's Day, and Barbara O'Neal 'The Art of Inheriting Secrets' today. Very different, but both perfect for lazy day reading.

'the Frozen People' is a time-travelling murder mystery with a twisty ending, 'The Art of Inheriting Secrets' a family mystery, where an American woman discovers she's inherited a large English country estate and title, without having any clue that this was part of her mother's past...

 I've downloaded another Barbara O'Neal for a future read. 

Have you seen the moon tonight? So impressive. 

Drawings? Photographs? None today!