Christmas cards

For the first time we have not hung our cards up on holders up the wall. We just could not get up there to do it. So the cards are arranged on the dresser where in fact we can see them better and enjoy them. I think there will be fewer this year as the cost of postage has gone up. N delivered the cards in the road today.
Alan the gardener is on a winter schedule, coming just once a month. He came today and cleared the last remaining leaves and pruned the fuchsias. It all looks very neat now, and there are no more leaves to come down, so we should stay tidy for a while.