Trelawnyd Flower Show 2014

 First , I will pass on the blog news!
Mr Butler, our Elvis loving , national flower judge agreed with some humour , to judge the blogger " novelty veg" competition
The winner was kitty from New Zealand
And second was Rachel's " tits"......
In my speech I told the story of how the whole spectacle came to pass.

I will add a few photos taken by Chris and talented fellow committee member Hannah

And I am off , for a lie down in a dark room.

Suffice to say

Thanks to all involved

Som of the flower show committee

Derek and Auntie Glad

Hey ho

In the end we have recieved 500 entries

150 more than last year!

I have been in the village hall from 8 am

And it's 23.18 and I have just finished my entries

The blogger photos are now decorating the hall

And Rachel's " tits" have a 

" please do not touch the exhibits " sign on them!

I'll leave you with MY novelty veg entry

entitled " nosey penguins " 

Number Crunching

Auntie Glad at the First Trelawnyd Flower Show

Last year we had our highest number of flower show entries EVER

We received 345 single items

This year, so far, with the support of the villagers ,some non welsh despots

and by the keen Prestatyn flower Show committee members who have jumped in with

their cakes and novelty cucumbers

already we have 307 entries!

Tomorrow is the official day for entries to be in

So I wonder if we will break the record

Watch this space

Thank you all for your support!

It means a lot .

Now it's nearly 11pm and I am just about to check on my quiche
I am worried about a soggy bottom

Hey ho

X

Heirlooms

I'm tired today. I was up late washing and ironing the tablecloths for the tea tables at the show, each cloth is embroidered with flowers and each one was collected and/or completed by my mother, who went through a phase of needlework during the 1950 s and 1960s 

I have very few items handed down to me from my parents. Those I do have ( a simple jam pan, a broken ginger jar ) were items I took from their house before the house clearance chap did his thing., and were items I remembered from being a child.

The tablecloths were a different story.

My mother gave me them in dribs and drabs, often after she had washed and re ironed them. Sometimes, when she was in the mood , she would complete some delicate sewing on an unfinished article, but for the most part she was happy to pass them onto someone who appreciated them... Little did I know then, that they would become part of a traditional country flower show, used every year and appreciated by all who saw them....

Much much better than being shut away in a dark drawer for the remainder of their lives eh?

It feels as though they have " come home"

I'm typing this with a cup of coffee  after the first dog walk of the day. Only Albert is awake, he's sat in the window, scanning the field for " The Bastard" who has put in an appearance yet again. (" The Bastard" as you recall, is the feral cat who lives in the nearby field. He bullies Albert mercilessly at times)

Hey ho

Enough of this leisure activity.

I have a novelty vegetable to design

The Great British Bake Off

It's back and thank goodness the BBC has wisely not tampered with the format of the show.
True to form they have carefully chosen the 12 contestants from all areas of cultural and ethnic backgrounds ( though strangely not a gay man is in sight this year)
So we have the 17 year old school girl, the Asian lady from Broadstairs,the ageing Scottish sailor, the straight talking northerner, a geek, a builder from London and a Home Counties grandmother and women's institute stalwart .

Baby faced Martha

Still love it
Wednesdays have just got a little brighter

Samantha's Broken Heart

I did a few jobs and got in around 8.30pm
" there's been a few phone calls for you" Chris muttered
" flower show queries and some woman called Kate about a goose"
He harrumphed
" more waifs and strays , I suppose"
I rang "Kate" back. She sounded frail and worried.
She and her husband had been looking after a couple of her daughter's geese for a few years. The gander had recently died leaving a terribly distraught goose following family members around , constantly distressed , anxious and searching.
The woman sounded at her wits end.
I described my set up here, and although geese are notoriously fickle when it comes to new members of a flock , I offered to take the goose in.
Kate sounded unsure, so I left the ball in her court and told her to visit the field if and when she was passing...the goose, she told me, was called Samantha....and I laughed
" you must be  film fan" I said "or at lease a fan of the film Friendly Persuasion?" I told her
The woman was surprised
"You're the first person to ever guess that" she said
( for those that don't know Friendly Persuasion was a 1956 film about a family of Quakers living in the shadow of the American civil war . It starred Dorothy McGuire who had a pet goose called Samantha)

Dorothy McGuire saving Samantha from those damm Yankies

We will see if Samantha arrives...pining animals are notoriously difficult to care for..And I have enough on my plate this week....I am, however,  reminded of a story I read a couple of days ago, about an elderly couple who passed away four hours apart after 62 years together...the visual of their last time together is a powerful one

Don & Maxine Simpson

Oh dear

Anyhow I will leave you on a brighter note

Here is the latest entry in the novelty veg

It's from kitty Jamison

And is a cracker!

More Entries!

Surfer dude by Jenny 0'Hara

Ali Stickler's naked chef

The closing date for the on line novelty veg is tomorrow midnight ( GMT)
Go on get your cucumbers out

Show Buisness Gay Gordon & Other such Dramas

Little dramas
They are the way of the world in any village
Large or small.
Yesterday's snapshot

-Mrs E had a fall at home and broke her hip. I saw her in her hospital bed yesterday..she was a little confused. In a bid to orientate her, I promised to enter one of her hydrangeas into the flower show
She used to win a load of certificates in the old days
- Graham.'s dogs got out on the main road yesterday and one got struck by a car. She galloped panic stricken down the lane with concerned commuters after her, but we couldn't find her . Graham thinks that she's hiding away in one of the sheep fields.
- a large cucumber was left on the cottage wall by an unknown donator....I presume it was to be entered into Class 32 of the show
-Alun H called in with last year's best garden cup, he's justified in his pride of his Japanese garden
- Mrs Parry, called to say she had several cookery entries for me. She has a big forceful Welsh lilt and always refers to me formally  as "MISTER Gray"
- the Flintshire volunteer association telephoned to say that they had double booked our notice boards that we use to display the children's art.....I was a little sharp with my reactions
-a man on a mobility scooter was seen painting the Church's notice board ..I didn't recognise him but he waved
-I bought the ingredients for my " boiled fruit cake" my nemesis Terry hasn't made his yet..or so he says

Like I said little dramas
If anyone has an entry for the show and is unsure of the entering procedure please contact me..please see my contact details on the " official" blog site ( click on link)

http://trelawnydflowershow.blogspot.co.uk

LOOKS AS THOUGH WE ARE GOING TO BE SHORT OF VEG ENTRIES THIS YEAR ( one of our main contributors is unable to join in with the show this year)
SO IF ANYONE HAS VEG THAT THEY COULD ENTER IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF YOU COULD DO SO!

Gay Gordon's 10lb fruit cake
Well I have seen everything now!
A few minutes ago, as I was talking to Val & Peter about their fuchsia entry, Gay Gordon careered down the main road in his invalid buggy towards us!
" I have a cake for you!" He bellowed " it's been soaked with half a bottle of sherry!"
The cake itself was perched precariously in the footwell of the buggy and was covered by a tea towel
" it's for your open allotment day" Gordon sang out
" it's over 10lbs- you need 2 men to lift it!"
He wasn't far wrong.....
I explained that we are not holding an open day this year but I would use the cake in the flower show,
Which Gordon seemed pleased about
The cake was so heavy, that it had to stop twice on the way home to rest the monster on London Road's stone wall