At this time in Sitges I would be promenading alongside a thousand other Europeans in the still roast hot air of Northern Spain
Tonight, in Trelawnyd, it's still sunny with blue skies,
But it's pleasantly cooler, and few people are about.
Mary and I went out to Promenade .
With no choir in Gwaenysgor on the cards, we walked to the hall to listen to the Male Voice Choir at their professional rehursal. They were singing Elvis' Can't help falling in love with you rather gently and beautifully. A district nurse on a late visit walked out from the pensioner bungalows as I leant on the Hall wall.
She looked tired
I smiled to myself. When my family came to listen to my choir's concert the other night, my sister in law got the venue wrong and went to sit in with the male voice choir rehursal instead of ours.
The chattering Welsh singers were, I think, quite taken with their small audience of one!
Eve Randa was sitting in her bedroom window as we passed. She looked every inch the slightly bored pre teen that she is but she told me that her dad was doing ok.
I saw him today as I drove through the village. He was chatting to Animal Helper Pat.
She had had her hair done!
There is a folk concert in the village hall this weekend http://www.therecordjournal.co.uk/
I hope to go on Friday.
Two nuns in light grey habits stopped their car to allow us to cross the road by the school( I couldn't make it up) and as the sun dropped low over the West of the village lighting up the graveyard in a burst of yellow ,my red geraniums, planted out only a month ago, seemed to bloom robustly on the kitchen wall
A bit of Sitges in Wales I thought
Tonight, in Trelawnyd, it's still sunny with blue skies,
But it's pleasantly cooler, and few people are about.
Mary and I went out to Promenade .
With no choir in Gwaenysgor on the cards, we walked to the hall to listen to the Male Voice Choir at their professional rehursal. They were singing Elvis' Can't help falling in love with you rather gently and beautifully. A district nurse on a late visit walked out from the pensioner bungalows as I leant on the Hall wall.
She looked tired
I smiled to myself. When my family came to listen to my choir's concert the other night, my sister in law got the venue wrong and went to sit in with the male voice choir rehursal instead of ours.
The chattering Welsh singers were, I think, quite taken with their small audience of one!
Eve Randa was sitting in her bedroom window as we passed. She looked every inch the slightly bored pre teen that she is but she told me that her dad was doing ok.
I saw him today as I drove through the village. He was chatting to Animal Helper Pat.
She had had her hair done!
There is a folk concert in the village hall this weekend http://www.therecordjournal.co.uk/
I hope to go on Friday.
Two nuns in light grey habits stopped their car to allow us to cross the road by the school( I couldn't make it up) and as the sun dropped low over the West of the village lighting up the graveyard in a burst of yellow ,my red geraniums, planted out only a month ago, seemed to bloom robustly on the kitchen wall
A bit of Sitges in Wales I thought
Your garden is beautiful. Your village is lovely. And so are you John. Onward and Upward I hope for you.x
ReplyDelete...and then I heard a screech and a crunch behind me. The nuns had crashed into a lamppost. But never fear, Mrs Trellis was soon on the scene. She ripped off her beige cardigan to reveal her scarlet lycra vest emblazoned with the legend, "SuperTrellis". Soon Sister Gwynneth and the Mother Superior were dragged from their now burning compact vehicle but, thank St Asaph - they were alive! Again Mrs Trellis had saved the day!
ReplyDeleteU mad fucker, that did make me chortle
DeleteLOL Brilliant! YP,!!..
Deletelol Everything takes a turn when YP gets hold of it.
DeleteLOVE red geraniums! Classic.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a wonderful promenade. I have no doubt that people were glad to see you and Mary too.
ReplyDeleteHeh. The nuns stopping anecdote is so quaint!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have friends who live in Zaragoza and they tell me the heat is oppressive.
Love the flowers!
XoXo
Sounds like you are secretly pleased to be home. Do hope Trelawnyd remains your home - expect you do too dear John.
ReplyDeleteEast, West, home’s best
ReplyDeleteTeresa
i love your geraniums. it's 102 degrees here.
ReplyDeleteI do love your village reports. Your geraniums are lovely.
ReplyDeleteHave you thought about writing a book, this is very good.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good couple of days. I can picture it all.
ReplyDeleteThank you Harry xx
DeleteI so love how you write ... you make me smile a lot!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had such a great little vacation!
Thank you Danny xx
DeleteWho's Danny? The name is Marcia (pronounced Mar-see-ah) LOL Google uses the last name, not the first name! :)
DeleteSweet, lovely post about ordinary life in a small town. It almost makes me feel good about this unraveling world.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine how popular a weekly article -written by you-would be.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree about feeling better about this unraveling world.
Nice few days in Spain, now back to the cooler days at home.
ReplyDeleteparsnip
Those geraniums are such a full red. I love geraniums for their reliability.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your post, John. You get the flavour of life onto the page so well.
Does a nun still score a '10' - or is that only for a vicar? Let's hope you scored a score at one throw! :-)
ReplyDeleteLove it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely evening thanks for walking us through.
ReplyDeleteChecked out the folk concert information looks like something to look forward to.
So delightful. You describe it so well John.
ReplyDeleteI love the evenings when we have been in Spain seeing cheerful families promenading.
That was nice ....
ReplyDeleteI little bit of Sitges in Wales and in your heart too. :)
ReplyDeleteYep, that photo could have been taken in Spain.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to go away and be anonymous for a while but even better to come home when you are part of a community that knows and loves you. Especially when the sun is shining and you have dogs!
ReplyDeleteLoved your "day in the life" post.
ReplyDeleteIn other words - it's great to be home.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the goodness.
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