8th December
For fast-acting relief try slowing down. -Lily Tomlin
At this time of the year, we are all guilty of having so much to do and not enough time.Just taking enough time out to take a self portrait today.
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“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” ~ Diogenes Laetius
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7th December
There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.
~ Marian Wright Edelman

Sue and Abbie took part in this years Santa fun run alongside another 998 Santa’s committed to helping others.
I am so proud of them both and especially after Abbie has suffered this week with pain in her knees.
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"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”
~ Mae West
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6th December
These are the magic years…and therefore magic days…and therefore magic moments.
~ Anonymous

Just one of the magical moments from a wonderful Christmas evening spent with friends.
Thank you, Sandie, for giving us all such a magical evening.
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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
- Norman Vincent Peale
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5th December
"Let us pause to warm both our hands before the fire of life"
~ Walter Landor

No fire but plenty of warmth from my breath!
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If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
~ Lucy Larcom
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4th December
"If cold December gave you birth, The month of snow and ice and mirth, Place on you hand a Turquoise blue, Success will bless whate'er you do."
~ Anon

A selection of the troll beads I have been given, each one special.
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The idea of linking color and behavior is reasonable enough. Anyone who has ever felt blue, seen red, blacked out, or turned green knows we're prone to make emotional associations with different shades.
~ Winifred Gallagher
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3rd December
“How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!"
~ William Shakespeare

Oxford has many wonderful sights and this is just one of them at the moment.
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When the bold branches bid farewell to rainbow leaves -Welcome wool sweaters.~ B. Cybrill
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2nd December
“How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
~ Dr. Seuss
The end of the year is nigh, our 365 journey is coming to an end, what has changed since June till now?

I have got my health back.
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Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.
~ John Archibald Wheeler
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