Lady who lunches.

A young girl with bright blue eyes and a colorful sweater is sitting at a table, holding a knife and fork, ready to eat.

Beautiful moomin show. Iris loved it.

Two performers wearing colorful hats and sweaters are manipulating a white puppet in front of an audience of children during a cozy indoor puppet show.

Current status:

Two performers in colorful hats and costumes are manipulating a white Moomin puppet on stage for a group of attentive children.

Moomin magic is about to begin.

An indoor scene features vintage suitcases on a wooden floor, a speaker, and a decorative backdrop with a forest-themed design and text.

Moomin magic (and mischief) about to occur…

A wooden floor is scattered with vintage suitcases, a large speaker, and a colorful poster with an artistic forest design, while a yellow light strip curves along the floor.

Iris at the Box Office.

A young girl with blonde hair and a black coat is smiling while standing near a counter in an indoor setting.

Look, someone 😇 has made our local heros more festive.

A group of four people, including two children and two adults, are sitting on a bench outdoors with metal art sculptures of human figures in the background.

Beach walk, ‘cos it’s Boxing Day innit?

A beach is shown with gentle waves washing onto the shore under a cloudy sky with sunlight peeking through.

Things I am doing without this festive periods #1: my MacBook Pro.

I’m spending the Christmas period without my MacBook Pro. On Christmas Eve it went to Apple hospital to get a new battery, and this seemed to be the time of year I could most do without it. After all, the reason I’ve hung on to it for so long — it’s five years old, give or take – is that I do so much on my iPad Pro while out and about these days. I’m hoping to keep the MacBook Pro going until the summer and the iOS 13 reveal, with my fingers crossed that we get a real boost for iPads. There are still a few niggles that send me back to the MacBook - I’m hoping they get addressed.

If that happens, my game plan is to have an iPad Pro for mobile productivity, and a high-spec iMac at home for the stuff where I really need a Mac’s power.

Having a couple of weeks where I have no MacBook Pro to fall back on will test that idea, and how close I am right now. And so far, it’s going pretty well.

I’ll report back…

Down by the Adur.

(Boxing Day walk)

An old, weathered boat is stranded on muddy marshland with a town and bridges visible in the background under a cloudy sky.