Happy Christmas, Stacey & Brett. I hope you enjoy your Christmas lunch and that the gravy doesn't have too many lumps!
Love from B & K
Barry & Kay Davies
24th December
There are only 7 O's, so you get a break from your own culture today. Normal service will resume on Christmas Day.
Love from B & K
Barry & Kay Davies
Your culture:
23rd December
O EMMANUEL
O come, O come Emmanuel,
Redeem thy captive Israel,
That into exile drear is gone
Far from the face of God's dear Son.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascitur pro te, Israel!
(Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel shall be born for thee, O Israel!)
Love from B & K
Barry & Kay Davies
Your culture:
22nd December
O REX GENTIUM
O come, Desire of nations, show
Thy kingly reign on earth below;
Thou Corner-stone uniting all,
Restore the ruin of our fall!
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascitur pro te, Israel!
Love from B & K
B & K Davies
Your culture:
21st December
O Oriens
O come, O come, thou Dayspring bright!
Pour on our souls thy healing light;
Dispel the long night's lingering gloom,
And pierce the shadows of the tomb.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascitur pro te, israel!
Love from B & K
Barry & Kay Davies
Your culture:
20th December
O Clavis David
O come, thou Lord of David's Key!
The royal door fling wide and free
Safeguard for us the heavenward road,
And bar the way to death's abode.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascitur pro te, Israel!
Love from B & K
Mum And Dad
Loved the latest set of photos glad you didn't send any of the fs in the shower. What's happened to R2D2 and Yoda? I thought they would have been on this veranda. Lovely to see you enjoying yourselves. Take care
Love you Mum and Dad
Barry & Kay Davies
Your culture:
19th December
O Radix Jesse
O come, thou Root of Jesse, draw
The quarry from the lion's claw;
From those dread caverns of the grave,
From nether hell, thy people save.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascitur pro te, Israel!
Love from B & K
Barry & Kay Davies
Your culture:
18th December
O ADONAI
O come, O come Adonai,
Who in thy glorious majesty
From Sinai's mountain clothed with awe,
Gavest thy folk the ancient law.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascitur pro te, Israel!
Hope you had a good time yesterday. Now, I suppose it's back to the beach bum life. All go, aint it?
Love from B & K
Barry & Kay Davies
Tuesday, 17th December 2013
Your culture: the first of the 7 "Great O's"
O SAPIENTIA
O come, thou Wisdom from on high!
Who madest all in earth and sky,
Creating man from dust and clay:
To us reveal salvation's way.
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel nascitur pro te, Israel!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STACEY!
Love from B & K
Barry & Kay Davies
The latest album (13th Dec) is a fabulous set of snaps. I've looked at them briefly but have to leave now for yet another Christmas lunch preceded by a drinks party. It's our third this week. There should have been four but our companions cancelled because of heavy colds.
Thanks for these photos. I'll take a more leisurely look at them this evening. If & when you have time (I know how busy & stressful the life of a beach bum is), I'd be very interested in a little info about some of them.
