Christmas 2010

It snowed a lot this Christmas here in the UK, even in North London...

Presents multiplied under the tree...

Little Planet received many lovely presents, including a wooden kitchen, a wooden miniature piano and a mini wooden workbench...


Mr Planet roasted a freerange goose for Christmas Day lunch...

While I made an Indian meal for Boxing Day of mixed vegetable curry, paneer curry with peas and tomatoes, dal, and lamb with spinach curry...


Little Planet learned to take a break from all the hullabaloo by retreating to her cot alone with her soft toys and books for half an hour or so...

We had a lot of guests...

Some of whom took breaks in our super kingsize bed...

Merry Christmas one and all! xxx

Christmas has begun

Little Planet has met Santa Claus (both at Hyde Park's truly exquisite and magical Winter Wonderland and at our local shopping centre) and she's also helped us decorate our Christmas tree. Now begins a week of serious gift buying for over 20 people. Some of it online, but the rest requires visits to Liberty, Cath Kidston and Ginger Pig in Marylebone, Daunt Books also in Marylebone, After Noah and Igloo in Islington and... Hmm, not really such a hardship especially when combined with frequent coffee breaks. But first, the ordeal that is the Indian visa application process for my mother. That will be hell.