Badger cannot quite deal with this daily separation and will chirp and cluck like a adolescent boyfriend who has just split up with his first girlfriend until peace is restored and the gosling is returned to the safety of the shed.
It is a cold miserable day today, so after outside jobs have been completed I am about to sit down to plan my Open Allotment Day which takes place on the 17th of July.
There is a great deal to do, and many lists to be made.
Volunteers for the day have been provisionally booked:- My Elder Sister Ann will be on the gate and raffle with Chris. twin sister Janet, friend Nigel and aunt Judy and her sister Bridget will be manning the tea tent
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| Last years cakes |
"Save the pig and name the pig"...will be a sort of raffle, where the general public will be asked to offer names for no 21 (for a small fee).....The best name will be given a prize and a certificate stating that by naming number 21 officially, they have saved her from being eaten!
How's that for emotional blackmail?
I have a chap who is running a flower and vegetable stall and hopefully one of the neighbours will be selling her own ice cream on the day (let's hope it's a nice day!)
I have printed up most of my Trelawnyd History blog so that we can set up a small exhibition of all of the stories and I am inviting local people to advertise their own businesses and initiatives on another stall (such as the new shop which is being set up in The Crown) and Hefin's quality hen enterprise (he's the chap I got some of my wonderful buffs from)........I thought it was a good idea
So all I need to do is to make a load of lists,organise all the housekeeping issues, flyer the whole village, collect the gazebos,tables and chairs and conscript a whole army of people into baking me cakes or donating a raffle prize....
so if there are any locals reading this....beware I shall be asking for some help very soon
That table of cakes, buns, odd cups, etc, took me instantly back to my childhood. The village fete.
ReplyDeleteYou seem very busy. Kushti bok.
Oh how I wish I could be there. I want to name 21....
ReplyDeleteMY BABYJOHN
ReplyDeletefor a donation you can indeed
I may have a seperate award just for bloggers!!!
all proceeds to the Motor Neurone association!
cro
Thankls for the good luck
What a perfect way to resolve things.
ReplyDeleteYou know you'd feel guilty either way, but this way you have the makings of an annual event - name John the Menagerie's Piglet!
I'm in.....tell me how much and where and how and I'll tell you 21's new name.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea on the name Bacon Bits raffle! Save the Pig Name the Pig :O)...
ReplyDeleteThat table full of desserts does look tasty!
You should post the info for bloggers on your blog about the tickets and how they can participate. :O)
ReplyDeleteBut, but, what about no. 12?
ReplyDeleteLouse, I have a feeling no 12 is in pig, I mean BIG, trouble.
ReplyDeletegood idea tex
ReplyDeleteright I will blog a competition regading the naming of no 21
donations ( any amount) will be taken for the motor neurone association ...( I will hopefully sort out some pay pal thing with my sisters blog) as she is the main fundraiser
louise
no 12 will be eaten I am afraid
x
Yaaaaay!!
ReplyDeleteUse Paypal and you definitely run a separate international contest for bloggers!
ReplyDeleteHow I wish my allotment association would hold something like this.
ReplyDeleteSadly the curmudgeonly, miserable gits would never partake in such a wonderful event.
Makes me want to move out your way.
I hope your Open Allotment Day is a smashing success, John!
ReplyDeleteCount us in too John! Now for a name....let me see.....
ReplyDeleteThat table of cakes looks lovely i miss a good village fete and a cake stall with huge pots of tea
ReplyDeleteDisgraceful way to raise money. When I was working in France, a French theatre company rescued a piglet from a slaughter house, then used it as part of the show for a week. The show involved a full-sized guillotine, and the daily threat to use it on the pig. I spent every day refilling it's water bowl and sheltering it from the sun with boards. When the show finished, the piglet was taken away by an old local and eaten for lunch.
ReplyDeleteWhat time does it start? I will bring a couple of raffle prizes. xxx
ReplyDelete...bacon.
ReplyDeletediane
ReplyDelete1pm! it would be lovely to see you x
tom
ReplyDeletesounds like your were doing a bit of a clarice starling
If only I could, I would come & bring a bottle of JD & drink it with you....xxx
ReplyDeleteIt would be lovely to be there.
ReplyDeleteJohn, do let us enter! If nothing else, it will raise some additional funds! How ever do you find time for your REAL job? I have googled "Allotment Day" and can't find it. Would that be similar to "Community Days" in the U.S.? I have a nice Poppy Seed Cake I would be happy to send, lol. :)
ReplyDeleteWish I could attend! Sounds like so much fun.
ReplyDeleteOOh, i do hope you can work something out so those of us in the blogosphere can submit names.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that the cyberian date will be the same as the Open Allotment Day, 17 July?
megan
John, I am just staggered by how well you have integrated into village life and how much hard work you put into it. I just hope the villagers appreciate it. Wish you could find a way of sending some of that cake over the internet!
ReplyDeleteThe whole Open Allotment Day sounds very Barbara Pym, as does your flower show each year.
ReplyDeleteAnd is anyone who follows this blog surprised that no. 21 will not become bacon?
Cheers,
I'm with MBJ, Joh...Tell me where to send my submission (and fee) to Name the Pig! Gotta save that little critter!
ReplyDeleteYou and your family are awesome
ReplyDeleteYep, there's going to be a 600 lb. spotted pig pulling a pony cart in your town in a couple of years, with you and Constance in the seat and the other dogs trotting behind. That piggie will look so pretty decorated in garlands of flowers. Maybe you could sell advertising space on the sides of the cart. There's so much potential for fun!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like enormous fun...#21 is quite the beautiful pig! Can't wait to see what he's named! Oh and what a lovely table of cakes from last year!
ReplyDeleteI will organise the blog "quiz"
ReplyDeletein a week or two
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Oh, I want to attend!
ReplyDeleteI love the contest idea. somehow I knew she was too cute to end up on the dinner table. :)
Katie in MN
Just went back and re-read it looking for the date, and saw the bit about raffle prizes.... I'd happily donate a basket of homemade goats milk soaps and other bath and body items if you think it would go....
ReplyDeleteKatie in MN
CJ is adorable! You're a sucker for the babies, aren't you? And thank god you're going to name 21...calling her a number was driving all of us nuts!
ReplyDelete...but...couldn't you please, Please, PLEASE name #12, too?! I don't mind that he'll be eaten but can't he still be treated like a gentleman until then? The rest of us are all going to die, too, but we still get names. Or...if you can't name him maybe you could at least dress up the number 12 a little? Like maybe call him Douze(french) or Doce (Spanish) or Twalif (old Germanic) or Duodecad (a group of twelve things...which doesn't really apply to a single pig I guess but I love the word and bet it sounds very musical when spoken liltingly into a little pig's ears...)
Dxoxo
Sorry to beg...