Hello everyone and a belated Happy New Year.

I know it is supposed to be holly and ivy but I liked the way the cactus was growing with this ivy in Spain.

I hope you have had a lovely festive season, I did with lots of nice pressies including this beautiful tablecloth from my Mum which we used for our Christmas lunch.

I amused (or bewildered!) Jake by having no less than 4 Christmas table cloths and runners out over the two days- he thinks I am a little mad but I do like things to be pretty!

I have had a wonderful 2 weeks away, knitting, cycling and enjoying a new spa that has opened – Mum, my Aunt Maureen and I went twice for lots of lovely bubbles 🙂

We had a picnic and a bbq on the beach as well which is a first for me, lots of people do take bbqs down to the beach especially on Christmas Day – here was my glass of bubbly at our New Year picnic and Mum enjoying the sun.

It was lovely and warm as usual so had lots of chance for walks as well and taking pictures of pretty plants.

I really liked what these people had done in their ‘verde’ the public areas in between roads, isn’t this planting in the old tree roots nice?

We also visited a couple of our favourite local towns, Torrevieja for the 3 Kings parade and Elche for a bit of retail therapy and tapas and had a chance to see the large outdoor nativities called ‘belen’ that they have.

The Elche one was my favourite – the level of detail is amazing.

Back to wonderful. wet Yorkshire this week and still lots and lots of bunny knitting!

Thanks for visiting and see you soon.