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Helen is going to have her 40th birthday party this year, and we have decided have a party to celebrate at a local golf club. I have been designing the invite. We needed a good picture for the front of the card. I used a picture that Marshall drew for Helen for her 21st birthday. First I scanned it then I used Inkscape an opensource vector graphics drawing package t trace round all the bits and colour it in. It was surprisingly easy to do once I got started and had figured out how to do all the bits I needed.

We are having our Kitchen replaced, the ground floor redecorated, and oak flooring laid throughout. They started on the 11 January an the kitchen was in in a week, now we are on the second phase the painting. It is going to take a couple of weeks, our painter is very thorough and is doing a great quality job, and pays attention to the details. As of today we have a very white ceiling that is now waiting for the lights to be installed, and almond white walls have had one coat in the Kitchen/diner/lounge.

I have included a couple of pictures in this blog entry but you can see quite a few more on flickr if you follow the link, it uses a set so as I add more they will automatically be included. http://www.flickr.com/photos/treecreeper/tags/kitchen/show/

Things are hotting up. After the IE hot fix and the German and French government advice not to use IE. Google takes the chance to gather some momentum for Chrome.

The film is set in the future where us earthlings are seeking new frontiers in space. The planet that the creatures live on contains a rare and expensive substance called unobtainium. The humans are evil and want to get rid of the locals from an area of the planet important to the locals but which contains the substance. The humans send in Avatars of the locals by some strange technology, and try to infiltrate them, one of the Avatars go native and the whole thing kicks off.

I have read on the internet that the film seems to be very simalr to the Pocahontas (See http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/01/03/james-camerons-pocahontas-avatar/)  but who cares it is a good story.

I was rather sceptical that the film would not be all it was cracked up to be. There was a lot of hype and a lot of technology, so I kind of figured it would be like all those other films that are all flash but no substance.

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.

Well, it did.  Neil had his works do and rolled in at 1am! to tell me it was snowing.  Woke up to several inches of freshly fallen snow. Left the house at 6.45am before many folk had been out and about, and had the fun of trail breaking through the sparkling white drifts.  I love the way there are always a few cat paw prints running hither and thither.  Unfortunately the snow had flummoxed the local buses, even though Redline are usually really good at getting though. Fortunately a colleague who lives up the road came to my rescue, vehicularly and hot drink wise.  We were a bit late for work but we got there safely thanks to said colleague and that’s what matters.  Neil did his Good King Wenceleslas and walked to work through the snow and was rewarded with riches in the form of goldfinch & redwing.  A further flurry of snow on the way home but the buses were back on track, so it was just the slippery pavements to navigate.  Makes note to buy more salt.

Long weekend up to lovely Yorkshire.  Bright sunny day all the way up and the M1 was kind.  Got there in plenty of time for N to potter of to the school play whilst I babysat. An eventful afternoon involving one small child launching herself down the stairs (swiftly distracted courtesy of “Room on the Broom”) and a cat fight in the garden. On Friday we refused to let a very misty morn disuage us and matched off around a local reservoir (not that we could see said reservoir). Home made curry for tea & then on Saturday off for a brighter but muddy walk around another reservoir. Home made pizza and tiramisu for tea (decadence on a stick & no mistake) and a round of the really nasty Golf Game. I have not made that name up. Early start & back home via the delights of Costco. Birds: canada geese, blackbird, pheasant, tits, redwing, kestrel, greylag, woodpigeon, mute swan, magpie, buzzard, robin, starling, missel thush, pied wagtail,  gold finch, jay, mallard, chaffinch, coot, little grebe, common gull, black headed gull, red kite (must be back in Bucks!)

Neil braved the cold winds this afternoon to venture out to the very muddy reservoir for a walk. Water was very low despite the heavy rains in what has apparently been the wettest November on record. He was rewarded with literally hundeds of lapwings & golden plover.  They kept flying up and then coming back to land on the mud flats.

Lovely sunny Saturday morning so out and about to make the most of the weather.  Up to Dancers End for a circular walk.  Saw blackbird, robin, tits, chaffinch, redwing, red legged partridge, lots of pigeons & pheasants.  Saw a huge mushroom fairy ring up in the woods past Hang Hill.  On the way back the peace was shattered by lots of tweed clad men with shotguns potting said pheasants & pigeons.  The beaters were working their way through the patches of corn to scare out the birds, so we have at least now worked out the reason for these patches of corn around and about. Hardly sporting.

Set off for a walk from the National Trust car park under Steps Hill. Facing into a strong wind for the first leg, so we altered the route and headed off across fields.  Looked in vain for yellowhammer but got a chaffinch instead. Almost got run over by an Aston Martin in a narrow lane (what a way to go!) and wended our way up through the woods behind the Beacon.  A flock of long tailed tits skirted along the hedgerow next to us.  Tried to find the tree where the treecreepers nested but no luck. Sunny and surprisingly warm where sheltered from the wind.