Hello grass!

 I hope you all kept warm and didn't fall over. I only just managed the second, and definitely not the first since my heating broke. The day that the snow came. Thankfully, it was mended again just in time before last Thursday when it was -7. 

Of course, then on Sunday morning it was all gone. 

Except there was this, waiting for me on the way into church.

Snowy cancellations

I hope you've had a good week. I'll have photos to go up here in the next few days but for now please take note that Quiet Communion tonight is cancelled due to the snow.

Hope to see you soon, and it was lovely to see so many people this morning at the Churches Together service.

Mary
Church Office

Happy...something

So how was your Christmas? I know some weren't great. And some are now pretty bitter-sweet. And some were great. I just hope it didn't look too much like this- more like this:

Have a good week, and don't forget to send in your photos. Especially if it snows. I'm a sucker for snow...

Mary
Church Office

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a great Christmas. I meant to post most of these before Christmas and then things got a little busy! So here's some retrospective Christmas for you.

I like that people know me well enough here at MM+B that my lying on the floor taking pictures of the tree, or my getting in the way at the Christmas lunch taking photos of the roast potatoes is not a surprise to anyone.

Finally, here's a little something for you to enjoy. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a little stale after Christmas. It's hard to motivate yourself when all you want to do is hibernate. Or is that just me? I listened to this song this morning however while I checked the office emails, and it felt like a icy-clean January fresh-breath-of-air and now I feel more like getting on.


Hope you have a good week!

Mary
Church Office

Productive Fridays are my favourite

Hope you're having a good week and are not suffering too much from several days so cold as to not really be believed and now this miserable rain. Anyway, I have some photos from this week to make you feel better. 

This was dawn over the Mistley Churchyard on Thursday. I think it was about -5 at the time, but look how pretty it was. So worth it.

Here's a bit of Christmas cheer. Woolly Christmas (which was, allegedly, so successful that it is on next year's Christmas list) and the Mistley Buggy Clubbers decorating the tree. They've done it beautifully.

And finally, for all those who aren't coming up to Bradfield this week:

He looks like a jaunty spy. 

I've got some more festive photos lined up, and please, if you take pictures at events and on walks and when you make a great cake, send them in. It's good to share. Sesame Street taught me that.

Mary

Church Office

Nearly-St.-Lucia-photos

That's right. I always intended to post these mid-week. Or not. Given our average Friday in the office, I'm surprised that I've ever intended to try and write these posts then. Oh well.

In case you weren't there, this is what the Benefice Advent Light service looked like at Mistley.

And this was Paul and Pollie's wedding from a few weeks back.

Have a good week and stay warm.

Mary
Church Office

Last week's photos...a bit late!

Finally, I found time to put these together. Easily the best photos of last week. Click on them to have a proper look. Messy Church was great. Come along next time, if you weren't there!

I've got some good ones ready for the next few weeks. But I'm not against putting up several. So keep sending them. Have a happy snow-day!

Mary
Church Office