15 minutes

There are times in a person's life where solitude is absolutely vital
Sitting on the loo is one
( I will never understand couples that are able to poo away for England whilst sharing a bathroom and some light conversation)
Beavering away in Bosoms is another.
Other solitary activities ( STEADY THOMAS) include

Sitting in graveyards
Baking! ( I hate mixing flour and eggs when someone is friggin lurking )
And Watching Zombie tv series

Listening to The Archers is the last on the list
For years I have insisted that at 7.02 am every night ( except Saturday's of course) the kitchen door is closed, all conversation is ceased and I am left alone with the washing up and Ambridge's finest.
It's a ritual that may look pretty mundane to a causal observer,
But its an important fifteen minutes in my day..........
What is your " I Vont to be alone" moment?

Brain storming

Apologies for banging on about it

But the sisters ( and their spouses)

Came around this evening for the first " wedding" brainstorming session

This " action shot" is of them flicking through wedding mags

I love janet and Ann's ideas for decorating the village hall already

Jam jars with spring flowers

Cream scones and bacon butties

( there are no dogs in this photo as Winifred over excited herself with the female company and had to be led away to the kitchen with the others to lay down in a darkened room)

George Clooney is my dad

An old Welsh Terrier's baby teeth

Head lying on my chest as soon as I tumbled into bed at

8.45 am this morning

Just looked after a very very confused man all night

Which is exhausting work on a one to one

At 6 am he told me that I " looked too old to be a nurse " and added

" you look like my dad"

" is your dad George Clooney?" I said with a tired smile

" yes he is" came the reply

Mood Boards

The wedding organisation  has to be " shared out" ...as it always needs to be
I have a wedding " meeting" planned for Saturday night with my two sisters where a " mood board" will be discussed... (I need straight women to sort some of the  issues out....... They can think of things that would pass my bubble head by.......it may surprise some of you but I had never heard of a " mood board" before!
When chris was told about it...he just raised one of his Roger Moore eyebrows
The "look" We would like.....is " old fashioned mix and match"
Does that make sense?
My sister in law cannot make this meeting so she will be in charge of organising the fairy lights for the hall
( she has agreed)
So much to do...... A site meeting is next!

There is a wedding planned for the village hall this sat
I photographed their decorations yesterday morning.........the photo doesn't quite captures how pretty the hall looks......I especially like the strings of lights.

Too sweet?

Just read my previous post and I have just come to the conclusion that I have just taken too many Shirley Temple pills this morning.
In lieu of all this saccharine I will leave you with this heart warming bunny photo
Enjoy

Kindness

Yesterday was made into a better day because of five little acts of kindness

Kindness Number One 
One large bag of stale bread  hooked upon the garden gate. A present for the sheep from Pippa from the old rectory. ( they always enjoy this little treat because of the quality of the bread!...it's non of your rubbish!)

Kindness Number Two
I went to Prestatyn for a haircut and as usual I dropped a few eggs to the affable barber who always seems so interested in tales of village life. After he had cut my hair, he refused payment for the job, saying that he had always enjoyed the eggs I had given him !

Kindness Number Three

My new zombie apron which arrived in the post from New Zealand ( addressed simply to John Gray Trelawnyd) thanks to  Mrs C and hubby for the gift. I shall wear it at the Trelawnyd Flower Show

Kindness Number Four

Thank you to whoever left a tray of veg seedlings on the emergency exit chair yesterday afternoon

I shall plant them out in Bosoms this afternoon

Kindness Number Five

 Because he woke me up at 5.45 am banging around in the kitchen for the porridge jug, Chris offered to take the dogs out for heir early morning walk this morning

My first lie in for many a month!

Calvary

The impressive Kelly Reilly ( as Father James' troubled daughter) and Brendan Gleeson

With Chris working late tonight, I had to go to Theatre Clwyd this afternoon to see  Calvary ,John Michael McDonagh's much celebrated sideswipe at the Catholic Church.
Father James ( Brendan Gleeson ) is the priest of a small Irish provincial town during confession one of his congregation confides in him that he was sexually abused by a priest as a child . During an electric interaction between unseen victim and clergyman the priest is informed that he will be killed in one week, even though he is , in fact a good parish priest with an unblemished record. A murder that will highlight the abuse within the Catholic Church.
Even though Father James understands who his attacker will be, he keeps the fact quiet and carries on dealing with the pastoral needs of townfolk, who all, in one way or another  have lost their faith in religion or in life itself.
It's a bit like a whodunit before anyone's actually "due it" .if you catch my meaning?..not that this is the most important crux of the story. The film has much more to say about the absurdities and the contradictions of Catholicism and the integrity of real faith than it ever does about a mere " who will pull the trigger..murder mystery?"
Gleeson is a pure joy to watch. Shopworn and wise , he dominates the screen in every scene he is in and gives Father James' struggle a depth which at times is proudly moving to watch.
(His scene with the grieving and devout wife of a French tourist ( Marie Josee Croze) is especially powerfully observed)
Having said this, I did find it a little unbalanced to have his character the only positive and sympathetic Irish character in the entire movie. All the other Irish characters being rather nasty and wholly unlikable pieces of work.
8/10