In between

 Every year my brother gets lotto tickets for everyone, just a bit of fun on the Christmas draw, we finally checked ours and I got lucky, nice amount to win. I've cashed it in, but not spent it yet.

I got a  couple new birds for the garden, hubby was going to get me a toad, but I asked if I could have the penguin, my sister gave me the duckling. These will be placed when the weather is warmer, for now they are with the rest of my animals in the garage. We have a tiny mouse in our garage, it has been eating my monkey nuts, we don't mind, hubby popped some sunflower seeds down as well.

These were the last two stories in the series, each book is a stand alone with a running theme, the final book closed all the bits off, with the unexpected twist, book 92 and 93 read this year.

This book was purchased by the title alone, when I posted I had purchased it, a few came back with great reviews, it is a brilliant read, I was hooked from the first few pages and could not put it down, a very clever plot, funny as well. Book 94 read this year.

My garden has colour, the hellebores are beginning to bloom, I have 6 plants ranging through dark red almost black, to a white Christmas rose, some are only buds with a promise of more blooms. My cyclamen in pots at the front of the garden are full of colour, most of the pansies I planted have been eaten. 

It's that limbo time, does anyone know what day it is, I have packed away the unopened Christmas treats, they will last for weeks to come, the opened items can be nibbled on, the fridge is full, other than milk we should not require any shopping for ages, then we will shop at our local Co-op as hubby got another £50 voucher through his pension scheme, January should be a very cheap month. I did not open our coin bottle, we only use cash in the village, so less coins go in the pot, so it can stay for another year, our Christmas money will go towards a couple of trips next year, we have a couple of places we want to see.