Happy Christmas

So here is this year's Christmas Card.Taken a couple of years ago on the Wolds, and cropped a bit for the purposes of the card. That is Milo.
I was listening to NPR's 50 albums of the year; one was by a band from 60 miles up the road from us, in County Durham. It does seem odd that I need to get the news from US public radio in DC, about some kids up the road, but there you go. The main thing is that they are a brilliant band, such an uplifting sound - called Martha http://marthadiy.bandcamp.com/album/courting-strong