Hello!
At last I have found time to make an entry since we travelled down to our grandaughter Amy’s christening at the weekend.
The motorway was busy! At one stage near Blackpool we came to a halt, then we slowly crawled past a couple of junctions in the pouring rain. That was maybe a good thing as I hate motorways and spray off the other vehicles when its raining. At least there were no speed merchants flying past at warp speed! Just the usual ones who used all the lanes for overtaking, I’m sure you have all experienced those. And passed them in the end wearing a smug smile at their vain attempts to pull a fast one on everybody.
Well I must admit ….I did. lol! There are some idiots on the motorways these days.
There was a large Festival taking part in Weston Park, the Stately Home where my son and daughter-in-law got married. Some roads were closed, as were junctions, in order to help the flow and congestion of those attending the Festival We avoided that by setting off later in the day arriving at teatime instead of lunch. Thank goodness Martin mentioned that to us before we set off.
The motorway was just as busy even then!
Anyway…as for Amy Grace’s Baptism….it went wonderfully well. She was so alert and awake, as well as so good, that the vicar attempted to hold her during part of the service when the parents and godparents left the alter to sit down. He was enamoured with her.
She was a little angel!
There wasn’t a peep out of her even when she was annointed with the water from the font. As good as gold she was! Bless her!
The church, if you look at the photos, has been adapted for modern use. A floor has been put in mid way up the height of the church and now the actual church is upstairs with function rooms downstairs which serve the local church going community.
At least this church is being used well, although at the service the vicar was forced to ask local churchgoers to walk past of an evening to check on things, as the roof is being renovated and there are some bad people climbing up there onto the scaffolding, from time to time, stealing the lead off the roof! What is the worlds coming too? There is nothing sacred!
The hymns and service were relayed onto the screen above the altar. Very high Tech!
There was a singer and keyboard player as well as a flautist backing up those of us who could reach the notes. Am I alone when I say some of the hymns these days are sung a wee bit too high for my vocal chords? I enjoyed joining in though when I could.
We all trooped back to Martin and Rachel’s for tea followed by a lovely buffet lunch.
Rachel’s mum made the fruit cake for Amy’s cake and a friend decorated it for them. As you can see by the photos it was beautifully presented!
I can be seen eating a Raspberry Pavlova cake which again Rachel’s mum made. That was to die for! Yum! (Even though I have diabetes type 2 it was worth it.) Wicked!
If Bea is reading this my hair is not as bad as she envisaged..bless her! My bald spot can be camouflaged by backcombing it and ‘nailing’ it with hairspray….lol!
Some of Rachel’s nieces made chocolate fudge cake and chocolate brownies which went down a treat too.
In one of the photos of the christening cake is a view of Rachel’s Nan. The christening gown was made or her 94 years ago. It has now seen 19 Christenings since then.
So, there you are, we all grazed and chatted and grazed some more and learned a bit more about each other since last time. I really enjoyed myself. The thirteen children who came too were very well behaved, even though it rained and kept thm indoors most of the day. Congrats to them!
Rachel’s Dad Paul told me he has volunteered to be a driver for CancerCare in his area and says that he enjoys helping in this way. How very generous of him to do this for folks like myself who have/had cancer and need transport when they have none of their own or are too unwell to drive. Since my Bryan doesn’t drive I needed this help sometimes throughout my treatment and it was a relief to know that help was there if needed.
Where would we be without volunteers I ask? Thank you Paul and others like you!
Hmmmm! As I sit here typing and looking out my window onto the garden I can smell the scent of fresias. Its too cold to be outside but I have them sitting in a vase beside me here at the kitchen table. The smell is divine!
I can’t help but stop typing and inhale their intoxicating perfume.
Today, here in the Lakes, its cool but sunny. There is a breeze which is sweeping the grass and leaves onto their shiny silvery sides which has created a wet look, to my eyes, although it’s really dry and hasn’t rained all day.
I’m told we are to be comforted for our lack of summer and sunshine by having an Indian Summer. Please make that soon!
I had to put the heating on last night. I was numb to my bones.
When I spoke of summer and how I don’t call it summer until my dragonfly has visited…I had no sooner written that in my journal when I went outside and there he was. Sizing up his mating arena.
By the time I got back outdoors having found my camera, he had disappeared, again! Fiddlesticks! That same morning that I speak of, I saw a fox in the woodland behind us. Strangely enough, although we have deer visiting and once had red squirrels too, (now only grey ones) it is unusual for us to see a fox during the day. Suburban folks see more than we do here. Even city folks do too.
I reckon it’s because the farmers shoot to kill in the countryside.
Talking to my masseur the other day she said she keeps a smallholding. She recently lost seven hens to a fox. They don’t eat them all. They just get a blood lust and kill as many as they can. Beautiful creatures though they are they are murderers too.
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Have you ever sat in a train and watched another train passing
you? You can look right on through its windows to the green fields
and pleasant vistas beyond. Or you can gaze at the partitions
between the windows and see nothing but their dingy drabness. So it
is with everything in life. You can look for the good, the joyful
and happy — and not merely see only these but manifest them in your
life. Or you can look for trouble, for sickness and sorrow — and
find them awaiting you around every corner."
— Robert Collier
Bye for now.
God Bless
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How true your quote is today Jeanie, and how beautiful the lovely butterfly slideshow at the top. Your msn space is looking good now!