Today's acquisitions from the Advent calendars are a little wooden Christmas tree bought during our last Christmas in Wales, a little jar of orange marmalade and a packet of Turnip seeds.
Photo of Neeps, Tatties and Haggis from Google Images - BBC Good Food
Now I don't like turnips at all and rarely use them even in soups, but being married to a Scottish man who loves his Neeps and Tatties means that perhaps I will sow a few of these seeds.
Also on that shelf of Christmas sparkle alongside my little M&S musical house ... which is full of biscuits and just could not be resisted ... is this card, saved from last year and displayed again this year. I just had to save it as it was from the stars of yesterdays blog post Mavis and Ginger.
Do you ever save really nice cards and re-display them?
Sue xx
I grew a few turnips during lockdown and made some rissoles with a vegan parmesan crust with them, Jon's a turnip hater but quite enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteOne of my friends is an artist and send us a beautiful hand painted card every year, I always keep them. xxx
I must admit the rissoles do sound quite nice. :-)
DeleteI have a friend from our Oxford days that sends us one of her hand-painted and then printed cards every year, I should have kept them all ... I'm kicking myself that I didn't ... as she is getting better and better each year. This years Blue Tit on a berried branch is gorgeous and WILL be kept.
You'll have to share your friend's card, it sounds gorgeous! xxx
DeleteSome cards are far too nice to throw away, so live in a drawer bottom for years and years, occasionally seeing the light of day!
ReplyDeleteI have turnips in soups. I don't mind them that way.
I have a big purge every now and then and things get recycled, that included a lot of old cards this year.
DeleteI save lovely cards too and keep them in a 'treasure' box. Some of the cards I've made for others in the past have been framed and hung, which is a good feeling. When I used to sell them on eBay, customers would email photos of them on display. I also kept cards my children and grandchildren made for me. I still have them and my son will be 50 on Christmas day! Your card is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI do have a 'treasure box', the box itself was made by a blog reader many years ago for me, I need to have a look through it and a trip down memory lane.
DeletePretty cards are my best seasonal decoration. I wish people still liked sending them. I do but receive fewer each year.
ReplyDeleteYes there are less and less being sent and received each year. Although we have just had a lovely surprise, a letter from our September house-sitters letting us know their new UK address as they decided to stay in the UK and not return to Australia. They were enquiring about the animals ... Mavis captured the non-dog-loving Dad's heart ... and wishing us a Merry Christmas. We were both so pleased.
DeleteI have cards that my Mom saved because they were so fancy! I should try to figure out how old they are - more than 40 years I think.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this year I made Christmas ABC scrapbooks for my grandkids with lots of cards that I have been saving for this project. The books turned out really cute and were fun to do.
They really are worth keeping, cards used to be so much more special and not as mass produced didn't they. The books sound brilliant. :-)
DeleteI like that idea of a Christmas scrapbook! Something to think about for next year.
DeleteI save really pretty cards and display them. I've been keeping cards from older friends and relatives for many years. Turnips are funny things, I've had good and bad experiences!
ReplyDeleteI think I may keep a lot of this years cards, as I doubt many will be sent next year. Turnips are weird ... almost as bad as Brussels sprouts!!
DeleteI am so glad I am not the only person to save and display again cards from previous years! I sometimes have a colour or theme going when decorating the mantelpiece and use some of my old favourites to complete the display. I also have a box of homemade cards from other friends and then a few antique ones. We celebrate Burns night with friends every year as my DH is Scottish - so turnips are a must.
ReplyDeleteWe have never celebrated Burns night, although Alan tries to have a Haggis, Neeps and Tatties meal sometime around his birthday in January.
DeleteI have framed some of the cards we've received and tow I love that we sent .
ReplyDeleteI so enjoy your blog and have just diiscovered I can comment!
Cheers!
Sometimes commenting can be really awkward can't it, I don't know what's up with Blogger at times, it makes it so hard for so many people. Lovely to have you here. :-)
DeleteTa for the wrm welcome, Sue.
DeleteI was going to send you some photos of the cards and catalog covers I've framed, but your 'contact me' on your profile doesn't work.. Any suggestions about that?
It does work but it's designed to link back to my blog page, this page. The contact box near the bottom of the right-hand sidebar is a good way to contact me. xx
DeleteI have several cards I have saved. Some are from my brother Bill, who sometimes sends cards he has painted his original work on. I still send cards and enjoy the ritual, although I am afraid my cards to my English relatives will not arrive because of the strike.
ReplyDeleteThe Royal Mail are doing their best but the backlogs have built up dreadfully now. I bet we all get cards (and other things) very late this year ... which is a good excuse to put them all up again next year. :-)
DeleteI save my favourites and put them in the tree every year.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea, I bet they look really nice.
DeleteNot a big turnip fan here, but I really do like rutabaga instead. What a cute wooden tree ornament.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
They really do taste so similar to me, but perhaps that's because I don't like them.
DeleteHere in the UK the rutabaga is called swede ... and very often turnip. My seed packet perfectly shows what an actual turnip looks like and the rutabaga/swede is the more purple and white variation. But to cause even more confusion it is sometimes called the Swedish Turnip.