Retail & Art Therapy

 

My friend Ruth needed some “ Yes You have to buy it, buy it now “ kind of therapy today,
So we met up at The Mostyn Gallery and I suggested several rather expensive paintings which she instantly fell in love with!
I had fishfinger sandwiches at the oriel cafe while Ruth had falafels,
Our final pre lockdown bit of culture





and we had a mooch around the Athena Papadopoulos instillation , before more shopping where
I bought my fair share of frippery
My gay, bearded plant pot 

A pottery whale



A doggy stand for hot saucepans with doggy spatulas!

Stir Crazy

 I’ve been watching tiktok videos 
Sharing the couch with Dorothy and Albert 
Mary has gone to Trendy Carol’s for a cuddle 
Winnie is on the reading Chair in the kitchen 
An eclectic watch 
Enjoy











She’s from South Yorkshire 




A Buttered Placemat


My favourite cafe is busy with pre lockdown customers. I ordered a sausage butty and a very large americano and planned to read my book but with what's app messages  coming in thick and fast, it feels as though I'm having real conversations. It’s not as good as the real thing but it will do.

Gorgeous Dave wondered if he had upset me,as I'd gone quiet since my night shifts and dr polly giggled at my gifs sent to her as she was in the middle of telephone consultations

What's app has been a life saver these past few months. 

I’ve bought a small slow cooker from Aldi this morning for 9 quid and will make a casserole later it’s pouring with rain and quite miserable

An elderly lady is laughing loudly across the cafe and everyone is smiling

Shes just announced that she tried to butter a small round place mat

Hey ho




Love This


My hero, and so true

 

Velvet Voiced Linda



 The Trelawnyd Street Wardens have been given notice of the impending lockdown by the ever gracious Velvet Voiced Linda . You can just make her out far left on the front row, her fashionable pant leg sidewards at a jaunty angle.

Even though, the initiative wasn’t only her idea, VVL made the whole thing work and she did it with diplomacy and a voice like chocolate. 
These things seldom work without good leadership and at the original meeting there was many ideas thrown about, several of them not always constructive. But Linda ran with the good ones, commanded warmth and respect and got things done.
Not an easy job I can tell you.
In any forum 

Not everyone in the village gets on. 
Of course that’s a given, what with petty jealousies, power struggles and a previous middle aged patriarchy , and to be honest there is at least one person who I know hates my guts with blind testosterone and Mucho gusto!
I don’t care, as I know I am a person who speaks his mind, 
It sometimes goes with the territory of being gobby and gay
But.....if I am being honest the feeling is bloody mutual...and is one stoked by petty behaviours witnessed when I was more at the front line of village activities....
Not quite the chocolate box village I often portray eh
But a very normal one, truth be told.

The decision making for Trelawnyd by Trelawnyd people is now much more diverse and eclectic
And that can only be a good thing. The community Council and the village association now run side by side which is healthy and with these and Linda’s wardens flexing their muscles, ready for a second wave we have good people prepared to fight the good fight



Click and See

Please click on the link below to see something magical xxx

A clue


https://m.facebook.com/#!/watch/?v=354642762533881


Handy hints

 

Wales enters another full lockdown on Friday 
It might as well be from today, as far as I am concerned as there is bugger all socially to do 
The girls have had a five mile walk this morning and I’ve already made sour dough bread and chorizo and red pepper soup.
I’ve also properly cleaned the oven hob using  a handy hint gleaned from an old village wag 
White vinegar and wood ash from the wood burner 
Brings up hobs and all glass in a flash
Yes it’s an Bloody exciting blog entry today
I’ll leave you with this delightful photo from the Nina Treadwell Collection 
It brightens the day

Handy hints anyone.?

John’s World

 

Let’s put the jogger incident to one side
I’ve lit the fire.
There is a frosty chill in the air.
The dogs and Albert have been fed and walked and all are slowly settling down for the evening.
I made a low fat turkey lasagne for supper, which Winnie finished off as a treat 
She now has tomato sauce on her forehead after cramming her head in the casserole dish 
The framed print of Wyeth’s Christina’s World arrived from America today and I’ve hung it up the stairs where I can always see it from my armchair which sits just left of the inglenook.

John’s World