Belated Good Wishes.

Blein feer vie! Seihll as slaynt d'an slayn lught-thie!

Which, being translated from the Manx, is a slightly belated

'A very good year! Long life and health to the whole household!'

The decorations all came down on the evening of 12th Night as is traditional, and now the house is back to normal and the neighbourhood is darker at night.

I was thinking we ought to see about cutting the grass out the back before the bulbs start to come through - only to see that the very first ones are already through.

And here - to brighten your day, and some hyacinths I won in a raffle in early December as 3 spikes each about 5cm long;