Taking a break

Feeling overwhelmed with Christmas and arranging the funeral for poor old Aunt Christine who died on Monday, I decided to offer a few hours to help the woodland management folks build planters in  the grounds of a charity home for adults with learning difficulties.  There were only 4 of us volunteers, 3 girls and 1 man and none of us professed any carpentry skills. I stayed all day because I could see they really needed me. This shows 3 of the 4 starting on a planter with one of the paid staff giving directions. The extra shows one of the 2 finished planters.  I am the middle person because after all our hard work, sawing, measuring, cutting, levelling, digging, fixing etc they insisted I get in the photo.  
I can honestly say I felt a lot better at the end;  amazed at what us amateurs had achieved.    

 Sorry Blip is at the back of the queue in priority at the moment, I do browse quickly but do not make many comments. Thank you to all of you who are finding time to comment at this busy time of year.