We woke this morning to hear that Damascus has fallen and that President Assad has fled. * It’s strange to think that he worked as an optician in London before his brother died and he had to go home to Syria to become a brutal dictator like his Dad. I wonder if he wishes that his life had turned out differently.
Today was a cold beautiful December day and we went to the Lodge Forest Visitor Cente (formerly the David Marshall Lodge) above Aberfoyle with Davie and Chanel to choose our Christmas trees. There were not many trees left but we chose two nicely shaped Nordman Fir trees before going for lunch in the café. Back at home I lit the fire in the lounge while James trimmed the tree trunk to fit its stand. James put the lights onto the tree and I added the tinsel and baubles. Flora was fascinated by the tree and watched us decorating it. Tom was also quite excited and rolled about to entice James to play fight with him. Davie and Chanel arrived round after putting up their own tree at home and we all had a curry and a very pleasant evening chatting by the fire.
Today was a cold beautiful December day and we went to the Lodge Forest Visitor Cente (formerly the David Marshall Lodge) above Aberfoyle with Davie and Chanel to choose our Christmas trees. There were not many trees left but we chose two nicely shaped Nordman Fir trees before going for lunch in the café. Back at home I lit the fire in the lounge while James trimmed the tree trunk to fit its stand. James put the lights onto the tree and I added the tinsel and baubles. Flora was fascinated by the tree and watched us decorating it. Tom was also quite excited and rolled about to entice James to play fight with him. Davie and Chanel arrived round after putting up their own tree at home and we all had a curry and a very pleasant evening chatting by the fire.
* Assad has turned up in Moscow.
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