Dear family and friends,
The purpose of this blog entry is to share three photos with you. The first one is above, and the other two are at the bottom of this posting.
I wanted to do a few religious decorations for Advent and Christmas, but I can't take things home. A few weeks ago, I bought six African candles from the Fair Trade booth at the Exeter Cathedral (the booth at which I was working, as a visitor!). Then I mentioned to my landlady, who is a wonderful person and friend, that I wanted to put something religious on the mantel in the kitchen, in addition to the candles. She scrummaged around in her Christmas boxes until she found the box which contained her collection of tiny nativity or creche scenes, which she has collected from Oxfam stores and various places. They are from different cultures, and they portray the holy family in different ways, and they are very colorful as well as spiritually inspiring. So I arranged my mantel over the kitchen table with the creches she let me borrow, and my six African candles. I am not going to light the candles, as I am going to take them to Deb and Tim's house for Christmas. So I am "double dipping" on the candles!
Some of you will know I also like penguins, so I begged my landlady to lend me two penguins and a huge pine cone, which I saw as she was looking for the creche sets. You can see these on the kitchen table. Of course, I didn't have to beg, as she was very gracious in lending these to me.
Do not be deceived by the bare kitchen table. This is where I work, because it's the only place in the "flat" with internet access, and the table is always full of my research books and papers. But I cleaned it up so that I could take these photos for you.
Advent blessings to all,
Exeter Jane
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