A Hectic Few Days.

Last weekend I slowed a down somewhat, took timeout, chilled out and managed to finish my book on Lady Jane Grey and also a novel by Kathy Riechs “Cross Bones” a good read, she is one of my favourite writers. I like to be surprised and with lots of twist and turns in her books she certainly keeps me on the edge.
It was Show and Tell at Speakers Club Monday night so I took my crochet along to show and tell.. Thursday I gave a talk to a local Women’s Institute on my “24years as a Midwife”. A very enjoyable evening, we had so much in common. Later in the week I attended my own WI Group Meeting that we hosted for 120 members from four WI`s in our area. Each year one of the group, provides supper and entertainment in turn. We always enjoy being together it’s a great evening, entertainment was provided by A Children Theatre Project singing and dancing. 15 rather excitable children and some loud music, but non the less wonderful to see the children enjoying themselves and we gave them a good reception. That was followed by an amusing talk on Visiting Alaska I feel I want to go there now it sounds so interesting.
The weather has been very cold all week but yesterday and today we have had warm sunshine and it makes such a difference. I am tempted to change some of my wardrobe, the winter has been a long one and I get so tired of wearing the same heavy clothes and boots. Started sorting out clothes for this weekend and have been buying for my New England trip on the 6th June it wont be long now.
Sunday night was WriteOutLoud Open Mic Poetry at the Howcroft, 31 poets crowded into the room all eager to share their poems, another brilliant night. There is so much talent around the North West.
This week along with other members of our Speaking Club, I have been helping to finish 220 menus for the ASC National Conference Dinner that is to be held this weekend at the Hilton Hotel in Blackpool.We are noted for our menu designs and these menus are excellent featuring, saucy seaside postcards. I will be there Friday Saturday and Sunday to represent our club.
Tonight I am going to the Theatre to see South Pacific and tomorrow I will be joining about 500 plus members of the WI on a Inter Federation Walk on Carmel Fell in the Lake District. And on Thursday night I will presenting my B6 Speech Vocabulary and Word Pictures on “My Childhood Home” to Burnley and District Speakers Club in their Evaluation Contest .My speech will be evaluated by four members who will then be judged. I hope they are kind to me! then I will need a rest.

Another Sunny Day

Today was another warm sunny day. We had been warned that Easter was going to be very cold with a threat of snow,time will tell. I travelled to Colne to see if Boundary Mill Factory Outlet had something I could wear for the BSC Dinner and low and behold I found just the thing. Not what I had initially wanted but still very smart and very me. I enjoyed the drive over there, the roads where quiet and the sunshine was an added bonus. All along the highway where the daffodils such a splendid display every year. We had a good crowd on Sunday evening at the Howcroft,so many poets eager to read that it was 11pm, an hour later than usual, before I got away. I am amazed at the number of talented people there are in the North West, willing to share their poetry. I feel quite privileged to be part of WriteOutLoud`s scene,my poetry has certainly been influenced by this and I am enjoying it tremendously. A rather sad day too, my good neighbour Arthur died, he had lived in a bungalow facing me for about 45years,his cheery whistle always a welcome start to the day. We have shared such memories, but we are all getting older. A dozen or so families have lived as long as Arthur, in our tight knit community but its enevitable that people will die or move away and our wall of comfort starts to crumble. Arthur will be number four.