Morning & night at Windsor

When I walked in to the kitchen this morning I saw a beautiful sunrise from our kitchen window. Mind you it was 7:30am but then we are approaching the shortest day of the year. In any case, the purple/orange colours seen through the darkened branches of the trees looked beautiful. I couldn't resist taking a photo.

And then tonight when I came home the Windsor Castle Keep was awash with light. I think this is because the Queen has a number of State Visits - particularly as we approach Christmas. Still - its a rare sight. So I wandered out to the Long Walk and took this photo. Its taken from just out our back gate. Its incredible to think how close we are. And to family that have been here - with winter here most trees have lost their leaves so the views through to the Keep from the Long Walk are now much clearer.

We put up our small Christmas tree last night. Merrilyn decorated it with a few ornaments from Copenhagen whilst James made a star to put on top.