Mexican Stand Off

 On opposite sides of the living room they watch each other like strangers 

One on the couch

One on the floor. 

One returned on Saturday 

Saturday seems like return day.

I’ve left them to it. 

I didn’t watch the football last night, even if King Filipe was there but favoured The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society instead

Michael Huisman is adorable in it

Beeturia

 I woke up with a start this morning , Bun or was it Weaver jumped off my hip as I checked my leg bag for drainage.

There was blood in my urine.

Blood in urine can be frank ( ie blood red) which is a sign of a serious bleed or as nurses often state , it can be rosé , like a weak sangria. 

Mine was a clear rosé, 

Right what to do? Sunday morning is not the day to have a urological medical emergency 

Think man think? 

Well panicking never helped anyone

I showered, and dressed and sat myself at the kitchen table with a coffee.

Then I saw my unwashed supper plate and sighed in relief….I ate healthy last night

A salad with boiled eggs…..

And a large packet of pickled beetroots! 

Afternoon Tea

 Another success for the Trelawnyd Community Association 

Ma Manley channelling her inner Amish ( she made the hat herself )

Cloudy but still warm 

A beautiful backdrop to a house……

The Manleys history table

The Rectory looking proud

The band was the icing on the cake 

Mrs Trellis wondering to have a Pimms

Village leader Ian , is behind x

Rectory Tea

 We meet at the Rectory later today to trouble shoot any problems before tomorrow’s tea party. The weather, I’m told will be glorious, so we have conscripted more gazebos for shade traps and the band has kindly requested ice cold beers instead of any monetary payment which is kind. 

For most of the villagers Pippa and Tom seemed to have lived in Trelawnyd forever. 

The house is the biggest in the village and has the most impressive grounds as well as an adjoining Glebe, which has housed ponies, alpacas and sheep over the years. 

The Rectory also had fields in front of it, on which the rector kept cattle and Auntie Glad grazed sheep, but these now house the bungalows of Rhodfa Arthur, where Merv Price keeps his pigeons and Anne Hindle keeps her eye on the church she regularly worshipped at. 

I’ll share more after the meeting …….

The tables are ready, and the gazebos are erected. We have Procecco, Pims and Cider chilling and Lugubrious Loraine from the garden centre is sorting out the sandwiches and strawberries and her hubby will bring more tables and chairs in the morning. The band’s beers have been bought by me and I’ve stocked up up with more ice just in case.

……..hey ho

Hydrangeas

 I’m busier than ever. Counselling day on a Wednesday has stretched from 9 am to after 6 pm and although I’ve had adequate breaks in between clients , it’s been hot and humid work today, brightened by an appearance by Chic Eleanor who like me is now a sessional counsellor for the charity. 

I missed Roger and Mary meeting trendy Carol’s new puppy Gracie. 

Apparently it was Mary who was gentle and accepting. 

Roger was just, well……fucking baffled  

He really is a big girl’s blouse

Before melting on the couch . I picked some early hydrangeas 

And noticed just one 🐈‍⬛. In the cottage

All all is right with the world 

 

A Cat In My Underpants

 I haven’t much news today . 

The pre dusk has found me sat on the loo listening to David Sidaris on radio 4

An older man pants around my ankles, with a small black cat curled up inside my boxer shorts 

What a catch. 

We all have funny little habits don’t we? 

I still hum camptown Races ( doo-dah, doo-dah!) when brushing my teeth

I laid down in the front garden to cloud watch but only for 30 seconds as there were no clouds to be seen and the ground was far too hard given the hot weather .

I was disappointed

I didn’t finish my counselling notes 

I didn’t start them 

I only person I spoke to was the German by video

I thought a lot about just why Sam Neil has been missed so much 

He was everyone’s dad 

Ann Widdecombe’s death was so sad and pointless too.

I’m staying home more since the catheter insertion and I know I shouldn’t 

Trendy Carol has a new puppy, a fox terrier, Gracie , who is adorable . 

Roger meets her tomorrow 

Kelda Manley has fostered some injured herring gulls

The Rectory garden Party is all set for Saturday 

Sam Neil

 

Fire

Across the bay from the hospice is Conwy mountain and beyond that is Sychnant Pass. Today a large mountain fire has raged and I stopped on the way to work to photograph it.

Villages and farms have been evacuated today in scenes not unlike the ones from Spain