marooned

Shit piping but the cake will be good

My nephew collected Bluebell for her full service this morning so I am effectively marooned for the day in the village.
Not that I mind.
The garden is overgrown and battered due to the rain recently and is in need of some attention as is the field which now resembles a jungle . Affable despot Jason and his big boys power tools will be helping me sort that out one evening soon


Trendy Carol ( sporting a motif t shirt, jeans and a nice leather jacket) called round to collect Mary for a play gallop with her Welsh terrier Seren.
She's offered to take Winnie too but the big girl is flat out on the couch.

I've promised to make two cakes for Bridget's tea tent for tomorrow's carnival too.
I'll do those later.( see above a postdated photo)
Fuck I've just realised that I've got no jam....I will go and bum some from Animal Helper Pat. She always has a well stocked larder

Dr Barnsley has just rode up the lane on his bike. He always seems to be in first gear, with feet pushing the peddles like Billyo , but never seems to get anywhere fast...

Lots of teenage school kids have been passing the cottage all morning . They seem to be on some sort of orienteering event.
Every little group of them have bid me a greeting when they passed the garden.
The youth of today eh?


39 comments:

  1. I had to check on Google what it marooned, sounds scary, but the post I liked.

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  2. I’m loving your country style garden. All that colore and all those textures!
    And you cook, too? You always surprise me, John.

    XoXo

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  3. A lovely secluded spot. Any offers on the cottage yet?

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  4. Very kind nephew... and neighbors. And garden spot!

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  5. That sounds like a perfect day to me - garden time and some baking! Enjoy! -Jenn (you should feature Trendy Carol in a post someday - as fashion inspiration for the rest of us!)

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  6. A theoretical question... Can you stay there? Fingers crossed you can.

    LXX

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  7. I like the look of that corner John - good coffee spot.

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  8. "Good day Squire Gray!"...Yes. Young people do get an unfair press these days. Most of them are decent, cheerful and kind.

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  9. the cake looks great. i love the look of a homemade cake. your garden spot is so inviting. it's sweet that all of the kids said hello.

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  10. The youth of today are bloody brilliant, they just get a bad rap because only the bad ones appear on the news and in the papers.

    Loving the sound of your marooned day, we all need one of those every now and then 🙂

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  11. Sounds like a day from a famous five book. All you need now is a mystery to solve lol. x

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  12. Sounds like a perfectly perfect day in the village of Trelawnyd.

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  13. Sit back with a good book with your feet up....soaking in the silence.

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  14. The chairs and table look very inviting x

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  15. Sounds perfick. It's nice to be marooned sometimes.

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  16. I had to google "orienteering". I never heard of it before.

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  17. Barbara Anne3:11 pm

    What a lovely place to be marooned for a day. The garden looks beautiful and just right for a cuppa at the table where you can enjoy the silence, bring some music out with you, or make your own music.

    Your cake looks wonderful. What flavor is it?

    Hugs!

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  18. Lovely looking cake, that fondant icing is fiendish stuff to get right on a square cake! Most of today's youth (like most of the oldies) are more than OK. I must also do some gardening, there are too many pots sitting on what a family member rudely terms 'death row'...with some truth!

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  19. Have fun tomorrow. Weather forecast is fine for Saturday, more rain and thunderstorms likely Sunday.

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  20. The Youth of Today eh John. I often meet them walking to Comp in a morning when I walk with Tess - they are an affable lot and almost all say hello. Does me good having been a teacher.

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  21. Indeed, there are so many fine young people out there. They are smart and engaged and caring.

    Beautiful cake! I recently bought coconut to make a special cake, got home and realized I didn't have enough butter or milk - gah - the cake isn't made yet! Maybe today, as it's raining and a bit cooler.

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  22. A wonderful day if you ask me but I love to spend time at home. That's a beautiful cake!

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  23. I love days when I am forced through circumstances to stay home. :::rest easy:::
    XO From Ruth in Oxnard CA. USA

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  24. I join you with my feet sorta up.

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  25. Home is where I want to be all the time, but being marooned without transportation is a bit different. You've used the day beautifully - your cake is outstanding! I would never want to leave your cottage or your garden. I hope with all my heart that you can stay there. Thanks for the new word - I'd never heard of "orienteering."

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    1. You need the. Best of both worlds me thinks

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  26. As much as I adore Affable Jason please don't let him loose on your meadow. Sometimes it's best to just let nature be.

    For your eyes and ears only: On the, luckily rare, occasions that I wake at that dastardly hour of about 3 in the morning, unable to go back to sleep because some ear worm type thought keeps rummaging, going round and round the sludge (my brain), I apply my trusted mantra: Meadow. I remember and walk the meadows of my earliest childhood. ... And drift off ... happily ... soothed ... into more sleep.

    U

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    1. No field should be left unattended
      It's just foolish to do so

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  27. PS John, here is a great way of getting "marooned". You can't find your house keys ... so you can't leave the house lest you lock yourself out. Voluntarily. When I phoned to cancel the appointment the receptionist said: "And I thought I'd heard them all [excuses].This is a new one." Oh, did we laugh. Nothing more ridiculous than the truth.

    Still, it's a great way of "time out" (unless you are claustrophobic). However, if you'd like to know I will let you, there is a way of this never ever happening again.

    U

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  28. Marooned sounds pretty good to me. And marooned in your particular far from desert island even better. LOVE that garden.

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  29. The icing on the cake may be uneven but it looks delicious.

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  30. Great story telling about village life and the people who live there it sounds so idyllic, I'm sure that Bridget will be impressed by the beautiful cake.
    Enjoy the carnival and weekend John.

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