Allie, funnily enough my family ranges from blue-eyed blondes, brown-eyed blondes, green and brown eyed redheads, blue, green and brown eyed brunettes (not in the same person, obviously😉) and me – black hair (at least til it turned grey) with almost black eyes (eyebrows still black). Mother was brunette (now white) with green eyes, father was gorgeous auburn with dark brown eyes. O/H is blonde (what there is left of it) with intensely pale blue eyes (think Paul Newman😋). One of my sons has inherited my intensely dark colouring, both my other kids are brunettes with a touch of red, both with golden-brown eyes. My sister is a redhead (dark brown eyes), who at the moment – and you will love this Essie – is sporting quite a large emerald green streak to celebrate her 70th, was married to a guy with black hair (dark brown eyes), and all her 3 kids are blonde! So go figure – genetics are a wonderful and peculiar thing😜
Loving the jewellery links, Essie, although I’m not much of a jewellery person myself, love to see other people wearing it, particularly such fun pieces.
Our Christmas dinner is very traditional – starting with a smoked salmon and cream cheese gateau (already made and in the freezer) with watercress, followed by roast goose with all the trimmings for the meat-eaters, and a delicious caramelised vegetable tarte tatin (also already made and in the freezer) for the vegetarians (who are all, thankfully, actually pescetarians so we can all eat the same starter) There will be a choice of puds – Christmas pud obviously (my 92 year old mother’s contribution, which she makes on stir-up Sunday every year and has done since she got married in 1945), a chocolate roulade (made and in the freezer), or fresh berries, all with a choice of Greek yoghurt, double cream, brandy butter, or ice cream (or all 4 for the piggies amongst our guests😆, of which there are myriad – I am the only one in the family who has ever had a weight problem😭) There will follow a cheeseboard for anyone who still has a smidgeon of room left. I will eat pretty much whatever I fancy, apart from the obvious refined carbs, because frankly (1) my appetite is so diminished these days that I know I won’t overeat(half portions are more than enough for me) and (2) I could really do with putting on a couple of pounds!! Who on earth would have thought I’d be saying that a year ago????
Allie, the seafood stew sounds delicious – we are sticking to seafood on Boxing Day. Essie, roast duck is one of my favourites, so enjoy.
