It is not just the shops

It is not just the shops that are anticipating Christmas! My Christmas rose has decided to come into flower, out of season. This is a very small plant, maybe a seedling, but it is lovely to see it flowering.
Not so lovely was the mess a squirrel has made, wrecking a plant in one of my troughs. I am not sure what he is digging for. I have piled it all back in but I don’t think it will recover. (Extra)