Showing posts with label oldfriends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oldfriends. Show all posts

Saturday, February 23

Old Friends...

One of the lovliest things in the world is the easiness of meeting up and talking to old friends. That's not to say that they are always age-old....but some might be and others not.
Yesterday was such a day.
An old ...yes fairly old ...friend came ...well just dropped in ...for a cuppa and a chat.
Therre is some heavy stuff going down in her life, and ohhh it's so good to talk things through with another who is not in that same boat but has a bit of a clue as to how you might feel.

Then an unexpected phone call from across the sea...old friend first met when we were sweet 16!....
It's as if you just carry on the conversations that you had maybe a year or even more ...ago.

Then the third meet....up at the young families house for a meal with Joanne, James and their brood.
James lived with us when he was 18 for a year on a gap year out before Oxford, and it was one of the best, funniest and happiest years that we had during the time that we took gap year teenagers in to our home.

But they didn't leave empty-handed....oh no...apart from the two penguins bought for some collecters....
...off went the camel with the wellington boots!!
...ready for anything....sand or snow that fellow!



That's him on the left looking into the future....the one with the hiking boots has long gone ...he was not the sort to hang around waiting for the dreamers!

Tuesday, July 12

...and there's more....about the garden party!

One of the things that we, that is the potter and myself, really like about these days, is how they bring together all the different parts of the local community.


So the young sit with the old...


....potters chat with painters...



....old friends find time to share their news...



... other long unseen friends turn up out of the blue...



...while new friends find a place to get to know one another....!

The stalls fill up with punters and the selling gets going.


...books....


...plants...always looked after by George, who wins the medals in the local gardening competitions...


...and Isabelle on her tombola table....


...the John Lennon in the back row of the paintings was snapped up very quickly !....


....Shannon looks after Kate's paintings and sells them all...
.... which encouraged her lots....
...behind is great friend Joan who knits in front of the "box" all winter to provide a knitty stall...
...and make lots of money!....


...even the local cat gets in on the act!....


...queues form in an orderly british line for teas, coffees and cake!...


...and the "Abba Girls" wait for their cue in the back room...


...Esther and her best friend sing "Adele"...and I'm amazed at her confidence and thrilled at another singer in the family!....


...local poet, Pat recited two very moving works...that was a first for the garden bashes....


...and  an old friend waits his turn in the music tent....


...Helen is a local professional musician who very generously gave us two sessions during the afternoon...
...great voice and writes her own stuff...


.... people gathered around to hear her perform...




...well!    guess who won the siberian tiger and cub......
..yes...it's your's!....



Everywhere Kate and friends!
Of course.

The day ended at around 5 p.m. and we counted up our takings.
From mainly cake!.....
£700 or so!

Oh and two very tired legs on your's truly!