Brunetti and Hygge in Three Clicks

At this time of year, I'm far from celebratory, more like tired and a bit down.  And the political news is not helping. However, all is not lost.  It's the solstice, so the days lengthen a bit from now on.  And the Dollivers are about to have new silk dresses, thanks to a gift from Cynthia C, a stitcher friend, lovely fat quarters in several colors, and it won't take much to make Dolliver dresses for their Great Return.  I have not mentioned this to the Ds, for fear of nagging.

My self care is a lot about mysteries, where evil is found out and punished, and good lives happily ever after, more or less.  Clearly, as Oscar Wilde would say, a work of fiction.

And this week it's Brunetti, the police inspector working in Venice, from Donna Leon's novels.  Very good police procedurals, with humor and real characters and amazingly enough, the main character has a happy home life with teenage kids driving him nuts. 

Anyway, some time ago a German production came out, but only now can I get the series with subtitles, since my German goes as far as how are you, and Hansel and Gretel.  I really recommend this is a series which does live up to some good books, worth your while. The only thing is that unless your German is up to it, you have to watch the screen, no knitting or freecelling, or you'll miss vital bits.

And then I finally got some lights.  I never have lights on trees or on the house, but I now have a little string of white lights wound around the branches of my ficus.  They are light in weight, which is good, since ficus branches bend and snap if you hang anything like a regular ornament on them.

My favorite part is that: there's a remote!  With one click, the lights come on.  Another click, and my fireplace lights up.  Third click, and the dvd is ready to go.  Hygge, that fashionable word for cosy, in three clicks!  Makes me laugh every time.  And the white lights can stay on the tree indefinitely, good in winter.