Here comes the first foot…bearing coal for the outer man and whisky for the inner…
Let us find a new voice for the year to come…
‘For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.’
Let us find a voice for ourselves. for those whose voices are never heard, and may we speak for freedom and justice.
But not forget the fun of seeing in the New Year… years ago German friends introduced us to their cult New Year clip
Dinner for One
We too watch it every year..as much in celebration of our German friends as for the absurdity itself…part of the ritual of the passing of the old year.
And so we remember…
Happy we’ve all been together
And look forward.
Many thanks to all of you kind enough to follow …and to comment…on this blog. I enjoy your company.
Lang may your lums reek.
The Venomous Bead 
I’ll ha ye know my lums don’t reek anymore, I had em washed last week.
Great to see Pete Seeger again as well as dinner for one which I was introduced to a few years ago. I’m with you on speaking for freedom and justice plus peace if it’s on the cards.
Have a Wonderful New Year Helen,
xxx Hugs Galore xxx
Washing the lum! Whatever next! Best wishes for the year to come.
Dinner for one becomes addictive after a while…
Aye. An’ a guid new year tae ye. We’ll tak a cup o kindness yet…
Before the powers that be nick it from us…
Live long and prosper, guys. May your stacks smoke for many a year and may the mouse never leave your grain store with a tear drop in its eye – or words to that effect!
Thank you! I take it you are not first footing with raki…
Can feel my lums reeking already. Happy New year to you!
Always good to have the lums reeking well…!
Let’s laugh more!
Yes!
Happy New Year, Helen
May it bring health and happiness to you both.
Many thanks! All the best to you all.
Yes! Freedom and justice! I raise my cyber glass along with you to these important wishes. Happy New Year from my gang to yours. ❤
Let us hope for a cooling down in your area as soon as may be.
I hate to even say this for fear I’ll jinx it, but we have rain in the forecast for next week. Fingers crossed it’ll be gentle and we won’t be stranded by mudslides.
Fingers crossed for you!
A fine collection to wish us into the new year. All the same wishes to you.
Best wishes to you…and to Laura…for a good year ahead of you.
Hope 2018 brings you lots of great reading!
As long as you and the other bloggers whose work I so enjoy keep going…good reading guanteed!
A guid new year to yin and all etc.
I hope the wee dugs sleep well.
I hope you and Leo have a very good year this year!
And so do we!
I hope in the coming year you can drop all these ideas of getting fit which have been making you ill….
The dogs might sleep well…after the fireworks. Whewther we shall find ourselves sleeping on the floor is another matter..
I hope the floor was comfortable….
We were lucky…very few fireworks this year so the dogs decided to shab off back to their own beds….obviously we took up too much room for them to be comfortable.
I have no idea what all this lums and reeking is but as long as you keep writing through 2018, I’m happy.
That is very kind of you….the same goes for your posts – though I hope that the neighbour problem will be solved soon. Leo suggests burying him in the forest and planting something over him.
I forgot…lum is a chmney which one hopes will cotinue to issue smoke…
Health and happiness to you Helen (and Leo) in this thing you call a year
And to you both…..if we have the two hs we can cope with the rest.
Being a transplant from Germany, I had to smile at the Dinner for One video. Such a fun and campy rendition. Thank you for sharing. Happy New Year!
Super, isn’t it! Glad you enjoyed it. Hope for a great year ahead of you.
Yes, quite charming and delightful. Thank you. The same to you and yours.