Yesterday

 The 43rd Annual Show was deemed a sucess by a neatly dressed Auntie Glad just before we opened. She couldn't see the lavender bunting but we brought some down for her to hold and she got the commitee gently smiling by saying over and over again " how marvellous how marvellous"
It's been our biggest show to date.
556 entries this year ,including 54 international photos.....

And the flowers kept comming.......Chris opened the Show with a wonderfully animated speech on Friendship and tradition....( i'll post a photo of this later as Cameron took some when I was having a sneaking drink in the kitchen) and he praised Auntie Glad who recieved a huge round of applause....

So I have pisted a few photos below in different sections...

Thank you to tbe committee....Sailor John, Irene, Terry & Ann, Derek & Heulwen, Boffin Cameron, Carol, Julie, Meirion & Daphne for all of their hard work 

And thank you to all that supported the day 

Jxxxx

Novelty Veg

 For some reason my photos of the novelty veg have not all come out well, so I shall post a couple more when I get the photos from other villagers...here is my nemesis Terry pointing at his coconut spider..his wife Ann won with her Squash minion  ( third photo) and one of the village kids won second with her melon minion

 Second came affable despot Jason with a shit entry ( i' ll post a photo of this monstrosity now)

Jason's second place effort

My birds were not placed.

Taster

Quick video as a taster

Look closely and you can see Gay Gordon, Auntie Gladys, The Prof and teenage boffin Cameron

The 2015 Flower Show

 I've posted a few photos of today's show.....and now I am off to lie down..... More info tomorrow
Suffice to say thank you to everyone who helped organise it, entered it and supported it.......
Thank you x

Snippet

6.40 am
On the way to the station
John: " You'll have to get your own teathis evening"
The Prof" I hate The Flower Show"

What the fuck ARE you doing with my avocado?

Tomorrow morning  I will officially collate the entries to the Flower Show in the village Hall. Given the poor summer we have had and the total lack of good vegetables I know the gardening classes will have a poor showing, as they have done in the Prestatyn and Mostyn Flower Shows, but so far the locals have pulled together and have entered just over 360 classes which is not bad at all.
I am now off for a very large Gin and tonic
But will leave you with my novelty vegetable entry!
Bottoms up!

Its amazing what someone can do with an avocado and a cashew nut

A Matter Of Language

Recently I have read discussions about the sex life of former Prime Minister Edward Heath. Many of these refer to him as a pederast and a sexual predator whereas another , a news website , excitedly described him as a "homosexual with a liking for young boys" .
Now, non of us actually know the truth, and indeed Heath may have been a gay pederast but what I take exception to is the blatant linking of the words homosexual and child abuser.
I think it's lazy and it's dangerous.
When Jimmy Saville got outed as being a nasty abuser of young girls the media didn't once refer to him as that " middle aged heterosexual with a thing for teenage girls"  so why lump gay men in with abusers of male children ?
The misinformed, the bigots, the confused, and the just plain thick all too many times confuse bog standard gay men with the abusers of kids.....sure abusers of both sexes are out there and have always been out there .
Just don't associate one with another eh?

Okok I know.....it's all a bit heavy for a  Trelawnyd smallholder
So I shall leave you with my entry for the Class of " homemade greetings card"
Kinda good eh?

I'm a right fucking sad sack

Flower Show HQ

I slept in heavily this morning and only woke up with a start when at 7am I heard the phone ringing.
In my hurry to answer it, I caught the leg of my boxers on the bedroom door knob and had a devil of a time hanging over the top of the stairs.
I think I've done myself a bit of a mischief in the old groin region.
Anyhow with Flower Show Day approaching the cottage has taken on the appearance Dorothy's house from The Wizard Of Oz  AFTER the tornado had hit. It's a mess only Flower Show Secretaries from around the world will understand....
I will leave you with a few photos of the chaos .....and promise not to bore you with such larks tomorrow...hey ho

Flower Show HQ READY for action

The trophies have mostly all been returned and cleaned

Mine and The Prof's herb exhibits all ready

The jam jar vases for the tea tables, all prepared