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Today Jackie filled the house with the aroma of her delicious jalfrezi sauce for the curry option of her Boxing Day culinary delights.
Taking a break after lunch on this mild, cloudy day occasionally graced with a peek of sunshine, she drove me into the forest.
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Father Christmas once again toasts his toes on the Lymington River Christmas float, while gulls fly over moored boats.
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Stopping at Shotts Lane to photograph skies and trees, we watched a raptor tracking potential prey, perhaps dreaming of its Christmas dinner.
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Through holes in hedges along Lisle Court Lane we glimpsed the masts of Lymington Harbour.
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The tree on the Portmore village green now sports its Christmas baubles;
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someone must have dropped a jigsaw puzzle piece outside the telephone box converted to a book exchange. Although it did not belong to the puzzle inside the booth, I picked it up and placed it on top of the similar attraction, where at least it would have a chance to dry out.
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A horse peered over a gate on Jordans Lane while another forever followed a pointer across a weather vane.
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The crochet artist shy of publicity has now given us a Christmas mice theme atop the Pilley Hill letter collection box.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s tangy pasta arrabbiata and fresh green beans, with which she drank Hoegaarden and I drank Cahors Malbec 2019.