Hello lovely friends!
Today in Ambert we are hard at work making our homes and church look very pretty, as Christmas draws nearer... but we have been having far too much fun to be finished! We were joined by a little dog called Scamp, who has had a lot of fun chasing the baubles that Baby Belle has been dropping. Our new friend Buttons the cat, and her sisters Crunchie and Smarties also came in to say hi, but they aren't very festive yet... we hope we'll be able to cheer them up a bit this year, especially now that we are friends!
It is so enchanting to see the little ones play as us grown ups try to tidy up the mess they are making... so maybe it will prove to be infectious? Although I've been full of flu again today, I have been watching little mice running up and down the street and feel very enchanted by it. At least the little micefolk were being sensible though - all wrapped up warm in hats, scarfs and gloves - can you believe that some grown-up mice aren't wearing them? Quite frankly, I'm secretly glad I've got the sniffles, at least I can stay near the fire... enjoying a nice hot cup of tea too! The decorations will soon be complete, and we'll be having a Christingle service in the next few weeks too... oh, those oranges! We mice like a few cubes of cheese on those cocktail sticks, but we sometimes sneak the odd sweet on them too.
In other news, I got a message from Pheasie today via Twitter, because I had been asking what kind of gestures and charitable deeds our mouse community should do (we think self improvement for Jesus' name is always a good thing). She wrote:
"Buy a bunch of flowers for someone who looks sad and see the suprise and happiness on their face"
We thought that was a wonderful idea!!! As I mentioned earlier in this post,our new cat-friends are seeming quite sad at the moment... so we really want to cheer them up! We might even be able to give them some warm cream too when they next visit (but don't tell them, we'd like it to be a suprise!)Thank you Pheasie, you are very right that small gestures make a happier world... we'll let you know how our plan
goes!
Love,
Ella xxx
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