Is it too late to wish you all an enjoyable and creative New Year? I hope not :). And very many thanks to each of you for wonderful cards and warm good wishes, and to Abi for hosting this lovely meme ...

Recent weeks have been frantic, busy, sad, anxious and happy here - in varying amounts at any one time - but we are all recovering (including Dad) as we wend our way into January. There are scrapbooking and journalling plans drifting across my desk and as soon as I corral them into order, they'll be right here. In the meantime, our lovely blogging community has some lovely reads awaiting you - ready, steady ...!