The end of Christmas

It does rather depend on when you start counting, but this is the 11th day of Christmas and tomorrow well be 12th night.

I think we are amongst the last in our street to take down the Christmas decorations, but we were certainly among the last to put them up too!

I took down the door decorations too. I overheard a few kids pondering why we had a number 20 and a kangaroo on our door. I think my neighbours have just added it to growing list of the reasons why the family at number 60 are a bit odd.

But dear reader, it's completely obvious when you know that we arrived in Australia on Boxing Day 1996. So what was planned to be a we celebration, but became a "me", - was a celebration of living and loving living here for 20 years.

And yet, my slightly polite Aberdeen accent, still marks me as someone foreign who may have arrived just last week!