Saturday 22 December 2012


Merry Christmas - Chatsworth

Many houses are decorated with lights and the villages have all had lighting ceremonies to light the high street and a central tree. We went to Chatsworth which is a Duke’s home and was decorated for Christmas. To keep the house and property in the family, one of the duke’s ancestors made it a trust and opened it to the public.  The current duke pays rent to live there.  It is an impressive house with extensive gardens. The maze was fun. One picture I’m adding is us in the chapel, sorry it’s out of focus, someone took it for us and they obviously moved.  May you all have a very merry and safe holiday season.

Saturday 1 December 2012

Fall

As the weather gets colder, spiders migrate into homes just like in the states. They are harmless, but here they are huge. We have had 25 of them in the house since the end of September. Here is a bad picture:

spider near ceiling, about 4 inches across