Our potted miniature maple is beautiful when in leaf, but during the winter it’s a bit bare. So I have made it into a Christmas tree inspired by Charlie Brown’s threadbare one. I used green strinsel, a kind of tinsel made from recycled string.
I am not really posting any cards this year, but here is my little Christmas painting instead – it is an adaptation of one by Lin Fengmian, but obviously I lack his skill with the brush.
Can’t help thinking this fan in the Eiffel Tower hat might be moonlighting from his winter job.
The Crazy Cats Theatre gave my story ‘Twelve Days of Massachras’ a special mention in their competition for a ‘violent or chaotic’ Christmas story!
Read it here.
Seen and Done 