Spring Has Sprung

Trelawnyd warming in the sun

 Spring has finally arrived and it has been a glorious day. We have a new relief postman who delivered our first "Mr & Mr" card this afternoon! He doesn't know me so wrongly delivered another blog wedding congratulation card to the wrong cottage....I don't know how he got it wrong....the address ( John Gray, Going Gently Internet Sensation, chicken keeper, Cottage near the church , Trelawnyd) seemed perfectly clear to me ( thank you Simone btw)

The funny little rock thing to the left is a wonderful wedding gift from

Mrs Trellis...a light up rock!

I wasn't going to mention the wedding again today but I have had a few more thoughts about the whole
 " marriage thing" as I have mowed the lawn and cleaned the cottage windows,

The problem with having so much attention and good wishes from people, is that you tend to notice when some people that you know fairly well actively ignore the fact that a marriage actually took place.
It's only happened a couple of times and I am not unduly upset by it all, but I AM surprised !
Should I be?
.I didn't expect that the wedding would make front page headlines in the Parish Magazine, but perhaps  naively., I did expect that everyone who knows us well, would acknowledge that the deed had been done.....
I mentioned my thoughts to Auntie Gladys when I called round to sort out the date for the next Flower Show meeting
" some people are just stupid"  she explained simply

Molestation

Once a day I get molested.
No, It's not Chris giving me his " come hither" expression that has me all of a dither
Nor is it the ever cheerful postman sticking something with the instructions " do not bend" through our letter box
No indeed, for once a day 25 kilos of  bulldog demand a lap cuddle.
Now, I doubt many of you have been on the receiving end of an amorous and hormonal fat  bitch with saggy knockers ( Tom Stevenson excluded perhaps) but it's not the nicest of experiences, especially when you are trying to watch the tv, have a sneaky nap or, in my case, write a mass of thank you letters.
Now Winnie doesn't climb up onto my lap for long. She's happy with a five minute hug, and a robust bout of face to face kissing before clambering down onto the floor satisfied that I still love the bones of her.
I'm glad that the object of her affection is centred totally on me and not any visitors we have up for tea.
I dont think the vicar could have coped with the fanny stains

I'm Married!

I've  never seen Chris so happy as he has been over the past two days

We're married

How good is that!

Thank you everyone who have made everything so special

Back To Normal

The Roger Moore Eyebrow returns!

Ok.......no more wedding talk we've done it to death....which is a shame as I had well over 5,500 pageviews yesterday! ( suffice to say that I am adding more photos to testerday's blog when they come in for those die hard wedding fans)
We spent Friday night at the luxurious Bodysgallen Hall ( above) and today I realised we had returned to some normality when on the beach, after being faced with a Welsh Terrier with a particularly smelly and tenacious clingon, Chris suggested I gave it a good scrub with my woolly hat dipped in seawater
Did I use my hat as an informal bum wiper?
Well you know me.........

Wedding Photos

My favourite photo

The wedding started at 5pm. Everyone turned up on time . Old friend John made the reading " love is like owning a dog" come alive a little......so much so the Registar asked for a copy of it

Sorrel and Charlotte ( chris' sister In Law) joking 

Chris making me laugh at the ring thing

Confetti on the Town Hall Steps

A vintage 1960 coach picked the guests up after the ceremony for a quick jaunt up the Promenade

Nuala and me 

Centre is Jim ( Nuala's husband) loved the blue suit

My ststers had decorated the tables at Osborne House with Scottie favours, and underwater flowers with floating candles.....it all looked bloody lovely
I have more family and friends photos to add to these below!

The tables

Laughing at the speeches

Jim and old friend Mike

Leo ( Chris' nephew) & Janet ( twin sister)

Izzy . Chris and my mother in law

Judy, jayne and Ann

My nephew Chris parter Rebecca and my great neice Ellie

Nuala and Bel Ami and wife Bev

I made a rather emotional speech 

 Chris' brother Jon made a wonderfully funny speech in which he managed to mention Winnie's fanny cloth

Jo and Sorrel 

Old friend Bev

Me and Nu...nu made a cracking speech as " best woman" which celebrated gay marriage and our 26 years of friendship together 

She also managed to get a load of irish nuns into the story

My sisters and matriarch auntie judy 

My sister and her family 

C

 Chris embarrassed at his brother's revelations

Nu

Mr & Mr Burton-Gray

Just waiting for the rest of the photos to be sent to us

But I thought I 'd post a teaser!

Suffice to say that it was a perfect day

It couldn't have been bettered

Hey Ho

Just about to leave the cottage

All pink and clean

Wish me luck

What Goes Around

I'm off to bed shortly, but I wanted to share something
Ive just been to my sister's house for a meal with both sisters, bros in law and sister in law. My closest family.
My sisters had arranged a surprise for me.
"Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue."
The new was a crisp white hankie
The borrowed a pen
The blue was a wonderful Scottie key ring
And the old....
Well the old brought tears to my eyes...as I thought it had gone forever some thirty years ago

The "old" was my grandmother's wedding ring