the artist and the tartist

2nd December So today's window on our advent calendar reveals a nice sprig of holly, ancient celts among you will recognise thi...

So friends a new year begins, and a new decade for that matter. We're entering 2011 with our artistandtartist glass half full as is our ...

Well here it is, our final window no. 24. I really can't figure this one out at all, a bizarre little cherub wearing only red socks and ...

Here we have our penultimate window, a sleepy winter scene of a red snow covered cabin with a fire alight set against a beautiful green(?)! ...

I'm beginning to think someone somewhere has an advent calendar with no santas at all because we've got more than is really necessar...

O.k. friends I've decided the only way to get to the end of this little flight of fancy at such a hectic time of year is to group togeth...

Window no.13, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, St. Nicholas etc. etc. etc. bringer of overnight gifts as if by magic to millions of children. ...

Window no.12

Window no.11, sorry folks, yet more more schmaltzy victoriana.

Window no.10, double figures, brings us what looks to me like a cerub or should that be cerubim? or indeed seruphim, I don't know, I sho...

Window No.9, a pre global warming image of a healthy young belle, probably having a nice skate around the frozen village lake. She's jus...

This is why we call her the 'tartist'...mince pies in full production. I have to say I never tire of watching her deftly make her su...

Window no.8, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Poinsettia to you and me.

Window no.7. A bit of a mess this one, Santa is stuck up the chimney (nothing new there) and we finally get to see our toy trumpet but that...

Window no.6 shows a Christmas tree. Bringing a fir tree indoors at Christmas was, if I'm not mistaken, one of prince Albert's bright...

Window no.5, brings us the most kitsch image so far, good ole Father Christmas with the most ludicrously cherub-like infant tangled in his ...

Window no.4 reveals a bell and I have to say the tartist and I were both expecting a toy trumpet for some reason but never mind we have plen...

Window no.3 has all the right ingredients, three nice young ladies carol singing, some wispy snow flakes for good measure and a general warm...

Window no.2 and bang on the money, a picture of Joseph and Mary already. I wasn't expecting them so soon, this is more like a window no....

Window no.1 in all it's splendour, a secular image to start the ball rolling, nothing too heavy, a snow man and woman in what appear to ...