Book Advent Calendar Day 7: Christmas tree

So it's Book Advent Calendar, Day 7 today.  18 more days til Christmas!  Not that I'm counting. Not at all.  It seems to be approaching rather quickly now.  For today's calendar, here are some pictures, as we put our tree up today.  I'm including photos of my family too after we decorated it. (You can click on the photos to get a better look). There is none of the five of us together, we haven't figured out how to do the timer on our cell phones yet.  If you look carefully, you will see tardises on the tree.  I love those Dr Who string ornaments!
 

And if you look carefully at the close-up of the tree, you will see on the book shelf a Hobbit Lego set.  A Christmas present last year for my daughter, who loves all things Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.  She's asked for Smaug this year, so we'll have to see what Santa brings her. The countdown IS on at our house for the next installment of the The Hobbit, opening here on Dec 17.  So very very excited......

a rare treat

So there I was, happily reading my sister's blog at Lady P's Cosy Corner, when I come across pictures of me! Here
and here. If you are interested, everyone (ie husband, daughter and youngest son) but my eldest son in my family is among these photos, plus you get the added bonus of my sister and her daughter and friend. There. You can't say I haven't shared!

And, Patricia was always far more creative than I was. See the background on her blog? that's what got me started way back a month ago and lost me the original blueprint of this blog.

Enjoy! Hallowe'en isn't too far away if pictures of us start popping up! And yes, I'm older than she is, by 364 days....

****added shortly after, my sister has moved to a new blog, Patricia's Pages. The same posts with the photos are on the new one also, here and here. So you can find them at either blog, for now.****