Hice un gif

As our friends are away for Christmas, and we know they'll be missing their pooches, I decided we should make a gif of them with a Christmas message. I was harder than expected to get them together and interested in the camera...we managed to get 2 stills - Jane was having none of it, Leila half interested and Wolfie, quite excited.

My first attempt at a gif, I may add. In the quest to find a tutorial I came across loads which were pretty crap, but this one...this one actually worked, with clear instructions and images. Thank you lovelies at Gimme Some Oven.

Es víspera de Navidad

It's Christmas Eve and the first time I've actually felt Christmassy. Spain in winter has so far been like late summer or early autumn, today however it's super, super chilly and pretty foggy! The dogs have insisted on being indoors, the cats incessant as ever and I think we can confidently say it's going to be in indoor day for us too.
So, I've got a list of things we've done in the last couple of week I've been meaning to post, but first things first...
In this Christmassy mood that's struck me, I have fashioned our Christmas tree! Every year we fashion a tree from found and natural things this year we have the luxury of pine trees and oranges on the land! I couldn't help myself from bringing a few decorations from home (stocking, handmade wooden and card decorations that we've been given over the years). I did also bring some tiny fairy lights, but they are up already, adorning a felt snowflake garland.

More presents than tree!

Wonders what you can do with 3 branches of pine, some string, an orange and some cloves.
Merry Chrimbola!