The Small Things Spreading Joy in December

Posted on by Kizzia

So, this is the fifth month of posting daily small things that spread joy. It’s doing me no end of good and, judging by the messages I’ve received on the various social media sites I post them on, it seems to be brightening other people’s days too. I’m so pleased that this is helping other people to feel better, so I intend to keep going as long as possible.

If you haven’t seen any of my earlier posts about this little daily ritual of mine, the first one which explains my initial intentions can be found here.

And here are all of December’s photos all in one place:

Photo of a wooden bench carved into the shape of a swooping owl. The ground in front of the bench is covered with dark green moss, fallen leaves and bramble vines fill the space between the bench and the trees in the background and the sun shines like a spotlight from the one patch of sky visible.
A close up of a purple shaded flower that looks very much like a poppy, except that the central stamens are not black but royal purple and purple pink.
Photo of a field containing an oak on the left of a white barked tree which has lost most of its leaves. The sun is shining and sky is blue and draped with white cloud. Above the white tree there is a heron in full flight, huge wings wide open, white with a grey edge, soaring free.
Photo of pink rose with many, many petals (like the underskirts of a tutu) surrounded by unopened pink rose buds. In the background, out of focus, are more pink roses, green shrubs. and sunlit golden trees with a splash of blue sky at the top right of the frame.
Photo of a wire rack full of cooling mince pies, their pastry golden brown (some with even darker edges because I still cannot get the oven to cook evenly) and their tops crinkly with sugar.
Close up of an advent candle that, despite it being the 5th December, hasn’t even burnt through the number one.
Photo of fallen leaves resting on grass, both the leaves and blades of grass covered in frost. The leaves look particularly spectacular as the frost has picked their veins out and it looks a little like they’ve been draped in lace.
Photo of a twig, bare but for one pink flower with a berry at its centre, crossing the picture from left to right. The flower is lit by the sun in such a way that it’s difficult to make out individual petals. In the background, out of focus, mature tree trunks are almost silhouetted against the sunlight and bright blue sky but it’s possible to discern from the green shading that they are wrapped in ivy.
Photo of pale yellow green spruce tree branches with their ends covered in clumps of frost.
Close up of a shrub with many small oval green leaves running up its stems, all of them edged in hoar frost.
Photo of a perfectly folded fluffy omelette with sliced tomatoes on top of it sitting at an angle on a white plate. To either side of the omelette is a triangle of buttered toast.
Photo of a grey squirrel sitting in frost topped grass. He is holding his paws together in front of him, just as if he is wringing his hands in despair, and his expression is one of deepest concern.
Photo of two bright red and frosted dog rose-hips poking through an equally frosted privet hedge. Everything is gleaming in the sunshine.
Photo of frosted metal fence with frosted strings of spiders web clinging to it. In the background are frosted leaves, a frosted field and then trees and a bright blue sky.
Photo of my hand encased in dark green wool fingerless glove, holding a crochet hook and working on a large crocheted blanket in various shades of green that is spread across my lap and knees. My nails are long and painted a deep woods green.
Photo of large baubles made of sequins and smaller ones covered in glitter hung on silver and glittered twigs lit with fairy lights. The sequin baubles are a mix of dark purples, pinks and russets and the glitter baubles are gold.
Close up photo of a white snowberry hanging underneath bright green leaves.
Photo of a group of vivid green holly leaves absolutely encrusted with frost. They are lit by the low afternoon sun and so have a golden glow about them.
Photo of a lit candle surrounded by foliage (holly, ivy and various other shrubs) and berries that are woven together and have fairy lights wound through them. The whole picture has a warm, golden look to it.
Photo of a large circular chocolate cake covered in melted chocolate and topped with five holly leaves. It is on a white plate, which is standing on a silver tin on the kitchen worktop and in the background is a wooden pestle and mortar, a turquoise Japanese teapot, three pale turquoise waving cat tea bowls, a mirror and some coffee and tea jars.
Photo of sleeping fox bauble on an artificial Christmas tree. The fox is curled into an oval with a serene expression on its sleeping face (and it has little red cheeks). There is a shiny gold fabric bow attached to the tree below it and in the background is one of a string of fairy lights and a red bauble.
Photo of a Christmas tree decoration made in the shape of a Robin using copper and coloured wire and glass beads. The position the Robin is hung on tree means that one of the fairy lights is directly behind it, giving the glass beads and inner glow.
Photo of a stylised sculpture of a Christmas tree made of wooden slats of graded size in a corkscrew spiral. It is topped with a six pointed star and it, and the grass around it, is covered in frost. In the background d the sun is shining on autumn coloured trees in the distance and the sky is blue.
Photo of a plain glass bauble shaped like a small bird (a sort of cross between a wren and a robin) decorated with holly leaves and berries. It is hanging from gold string in front of a pale cream wall and fairy lights are visible around it.
Photo of a nuthatch (small bird with a peach coloured body, grey wings tail and head and a black strip going from beak over eye to the back of the head) perched on the edge of a circular fence post with a seed in its beak. The post has a frost covering and the shrubs in the background are also frosted.
Photo of a blue tit sat, looking extremely grumpy, on a fence post. In the background is a frost covered shrub.
Photo of the River Tern as it flows through Attingham Park Estate. There is a line of Canada Geese swimming down the river, with more geese on the frosted far bank. Further in the background is a deeply frosted old oak tree, more frost swathed fields and the edge of the wood. The sun is out, the sky is ice blue and reflected in the river.
Photo of a frosted shrub that has leaf clusters of rounded spatulate leaves and pinkish red berries.
Landscape photo taken at dusk of a section of walled garden at Wallington and a wooded hill behind it. The garden, hill and trees are in shadow but the sky is blue and streaked with cloud that makes it look like a beach with the tide coming in.
Photo of a crocheted blanket spread out across a bed. All you can see is the blanket, in shades of green. Closest to the camera is the corner in a very dark green, with a tiny silver heart attached that says “made with love” on it, and then the greens change, morphing from the dark green through the spectrum of greens to pale yellow green at the centre of the blanket.

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