A welcome return of blue sky and sunshine this morning, while flooding after weeks of heavy rain is in the news headlines. After breakfast, time to cook assembled marmalade ingredients into jam and bottle it. The house is filled with delicious orange aroma. By midday, I had eight one pound jars filled and then labelled. Clare is going to do the second batch, and then the jam storage shelf will be full again. I still have four jars of 2023 marmalade to finish!
After lunch, I walked into town through Bute Park. The Christmas sound and light show extravaganza has finished and been dismantled already, restoring night time peace and quiet to owls and foxes. Many of the stores were having big discount sales, including a few closing down sales. I don't suppose this has been a big spending season for retail, and with the terrible rainy weather the outdoor winter attractions won't have made as much money as hoped for. Economic recession is on the near horizon one way or another.
Another lazy evening, binge watching episodes of 'Bones' with nothing better to do, while Clare worked on her share of preparing oranges for the next batch of marmalade. As it's the vigil of the Epiphany, Clare took the decorations from the Christmas tree and I carried it out into the garden. As it's got roots, it will stay with us until next year. It's likely to need re-potting during the year to stay healthy.
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