Mary you are so my kind of girl!!! I adored the Nativity films and am definitely partial to a few Baileys! It sounds as though you were majorly organised as per and I hope you, the family and baby Arthur were all together to enjoy it. Sadly Colin and I will have to reconvene in January thanks to Covid, but luckily the rest of the family are staying well. Thank you for all your comments, your kindness and for keeping in touch this year as every year. I wish you every happiness in 2022. Love Ali xx

Dear Martin, You are very welcome. Thank you for always sending me a card! Happy New Year to you. With love Ali x

Hi Sue, yes, both Corey and Rhys are very photogenic – Corey definitely preferred being dressed as an elf as opposed to his Halloween outfit 🙂 I hope you were able to enjoy some time with family and friends? Thank you for your support and contact throughout this year – it means a lot. Happy 2022 Love Ali xx

My dear Yo, if it’s not a word it should be! 🙂 Wonderful as always to have your love and support. With my love, Ali xx

Olwen thank you very much! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and will have an equally healthy and happy New Year. With my love, Ali xx

Dear Karen, How funny that we both began our careers at 16 in our great city. I loved working in London and as I said it remains one of my favourite cities to spend time in. I have printed out the pic of Lucy and I as I too love it! I very much hope you had a good and happy Christmas and thank you for always keeping in touch here on the blog. Every good wish to you for 2022. Love Ali xx

Susan, you are very welcome. It’s my absolute pleasure sharing my life and photos with you and it’s always a boost to hear back from you. I do hope you had a healthy and happy Christmas and every good wish for the New Year. Love Ali xx

Hi Tina, yes the mouse was very photogenic wasn’t he! So glad you enjoyed the blog and the photos and i very much hope you managed to get to your sister okay? I also hope your brother is over his Covid, but as you will see both Colin and I fell foul just before Christmas really began. We’ve just delayed everything until January but it was a shame. Here’s to a healthier and happy New Year. Thanks for all your support in 2021. Love Ali xx

Dear Susan, I do hope you enjoyed a white Christmas and were able to spend it with those you love. As you will have seen we had to miss the majority of our meetings with family and are still recovering from Covid. Let’s hope for health peace and love in 2022 and thank you for taking time out to write to me. Love Ali xx