Oma Bärbel

It's Christmas Day! As we spent Christmas in England this year, this was our chance to catch up and celebrate with Jackie's family in Germany. The grandma's also joined us for a delicious dinner, opening presents and a few games. The tree even managed to last until now - Jackie's mum stored it in the cellar to keep it cool and fresh and amazingly the tree was still very green... although every time someone walked past it, it dropped so many needles it sounded like it was raining!

This portrait was of Oma Bärbel as we all sat around the living room chatting - she wasn't aware I was sneakily photographing her!