The old year is going out in style with blue skies and another stunning sunrise. From the wee house on the coast we can look back down the bay and see the towers of St Andrews rising from the morning sea mist. The wind has dropped and the ships that had been sheltering in anchorage have headed back into the North Sea.
And so when the magic hour comes may all visitors to this blog be thankful for what 2023 has brought and ready for the excitement of 2024. For those who live in well ordered countries may it be a year blessed with health, wealth and happiness. For friends elsewhere may the New Year bring peace and a life free of fear.
And here is music to usher in 2024. There are those who say Auld Lang Syne is best sung with a Glasgow accent :https://youtu.be/dGHO8csqyqY?t=137 but we'll welcome in the New Year with this more sedate local version :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74KLtoXy0ig
20 comments:
Hari OM
All the very best for the turning of the year, Angus and The Font... in 2024, may your health stay strong and the small joys stay long... Fondly, YAM xx
Good wishes for a very Happy New Year to you, and all your readers.
May your Hogmanay celebrations be all that you desire. I wish you and yours a happy, healthy and peaceful 2024.
Thank you Angus for your good wishes. May you have an enjoyable New Year's Eve and may the year ahead be all that you and The Font hope.
We are deeply grateful that we live in France Profonde and find your part of the world also deeply reassuring.
Wishing you and the Font a most wonderful New Year full of adventure, fun and good health. Thank you for taking us along on your journey these past twelve months.
The flowers on the beach photo is so fitting, so poignant, a nod to your sweet Sophie. Once again, thank you for sharing your corner of the world with so many. You give us smiles and fill hearts with joy. Wishing you a blessed and happy new year.
May 2024 bring peace and security to everyone, everywhere.
Wishing Angus, the Font, all those who feature in this ever wonderful blog, and those who contribute to it with their comments, health, peace and happiness in the coming year.
Cheers, Gail.
A glorious sunrise to bid farewell to a year overflowing with beauty and fraught with troubles. Thank you for introducing me to the word "bydand" - "steadfast - not to run away from danger, to keep going whatever the difficulties." It seems to be an appropriate spirit to welcome 2024 and a hope to lift burdens where we can. Wishing a joyous new year to Angus and The Font and all who come here.
What a wonderful way to end this year - a beautiful sunrise and not one, but two, versions of Auld Lang Syne! It seems that the coming year is likely to require steadfastness from all of us, but in this moment, I wish a very happy new year to Angus, the Font and all of those who come here to share.
I always look forward to the warm version of Auld Lang Syne you treated us to years ago, so different from what is heard on the US airwaves as the New Year ball drops. It is still featured on my Boyz' now quiet blog. And thank you Angus for all the stunning bits and pieces of life you share with us every morning. I wish you and the Font and your many followers love, health, and continuing wonder in the year ahead...and a furry soul(s) for you to share them with!!! Joan, Joey (my 17 1/2 old man), and my dear now angel Boyz, Jake and Just Harry.
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Euch allen ein Frohes Neues Jahr !
Grüße Barbara
What a sunrise! And I loved watching the students dancing on the beach. Best wishes to all who visit this small community - may we all remain steadfast in 2024!
PS: is that a wee bit of dog hair on Angus's jacket? Love it!
Happy New Year to everyone!
So far, so good for the New Year from down here in New Zealand - we saw it in with thunder, lightning, and heavy rain but woken to a beautiful day. Thank you for reminding us of all the pleasures to be found each day.
Best wishes to you both :)
Rottrover - Well spotted. A lingering memory of an enthusiastic PONette.
To Angus, madame The Font, and all readers of this blog, this provençal New Year wish:
A l’an qui vient, et si nous ne sommes pas plus, que nous ne soyons pas moins.
See you all in 2024.
Angus, thank you and The Font for continuing our daily dip into village life through your delightful insight! May the New Year bring good health, safe travels, and maybe a puppy or two!
Thank you Angus for the gift of your blog. I wish you,The Font, and all who gather here each day a very Happy New Year!
Thank you for so graciously sharing a wonderful part of the world with us all and the life that goes with it. All the best to you both.
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