Mal and I drove up to Ringwood for Christmas. En route, we stayed at Aunt Ellen & Uncle Bob's.
Malaren got fire-side reading of Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales!"

In Ringwood, the snow hit. Yea! You can see our snowman back at the "Snoleary's" link.

Mal and Hugo bonded, big time.

Piano lessons with the Grandma.

Annie got Malaren a Hannah Montana wing & microphone. Yeah.

Malaren helped me re-screw the banister we fixed. Such a little engineer! Such focus!

We took LOTS of walks ...down the road ... out into the farm fields.

This was odd: a circular formation of gold grass deep in a hollow in the hills.
Aliens? Druids? Led Zeppelin?

It kinda freaked Malaren out.

Then she noticed another larger circle.

Then I took some nature shots.

Then I found Puck's home, an old fallen log.

Oops! Nother evil tree! Trying to gobble the juicy electric lines.

Then it was time for make-up with Grandma!

Eatcher heart out, Hayden Panettiere! And Jewel!