Checked in at Delico Deli. Coffee pre-last minute Xmas shopping.

There’s a nice compilation of 2017 ‘Albums of the Year’ lists at albumoftheyear.org. I always enjoy reading through these to see which of the albums I’ve heard - or even, these days, which artists I’ve even heard of.

The first Christmas card designed by John Callcott Horsley in 1843.

Average wine glass capacity has increased from 66ml in the 1700s to 417ml in the 2000s, with the mean wine glass size in 2016-17 even higher at 449ml. 🔖 Size does matter: wine glasses are seven times larger than they used to be

Despite overnight snow we still managed to receive a delivery of a fine selection of Italian, Spanish and Greek wines from @NakedWines. Now ready for Xmas. 🍷

Slightly snowy outlook from my front door this morning

Many years ago I used to cook Sarah Brown’s Red Dragon Pie from her Vegetarian Kitchen book. I will probably be trying out this Proper Vegetarian Fiery Chilli Welsh Red Dragon Pie version on Sunday.

To cook ― The perfect panforte

Bitcoin energy consumption ― Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than 159 Countries Including Ireland & Most Countries In Africa – if correct, these figures are staggering.

Posting from newly released MarsEdit 4. Great work @danielpunkass!

Bookmark ― an interesting short article about the Welsh artist Augustus John by Colin Ward.

Have had BBC Test Match Special on all morning. Great coverage and an exciting couple of hours of Ashes cricket, with the earlier England collapse slightly offset by the mini-Australian collapse. Tempted to start listening again at 3am tomorrow.

Monday morning. Woken up to an England batting collapse in the second Ashes Test.

My daughter and her grandfather head for our local pub.

Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn. Sunday Lunch.