One of my great pleasures this year was to have a house-guest for the first time since we moved in in 2001. I guess it’s a combination of mostly having friends who live nearby and not having had any space before. However, in September, Amanda Salt came over from Northern Ireland for a languages event in my area and she stayed with us for one night. We loved it !

Amanda shared today’s cat with us – his name is Oscar and he is a rescue cat. He seems very fond of this minature Christmas village (can you see the unexpected characters living there?).