Good morning from a cooler Bristol.
Yesterday was full on! I got into church to find that it hadn’t been setup at all for the FAB cafe live concert; the vicar who would normally sort it our is on holiday. Cue shifting chairs by the dozen, finding tables, tablecloths, etc., as well as making the coffee, cutting cake and putting out 14 platesful, and so
I did have quite a few helpers, some useful, some getting under my feet, some irritatingly taking over…. To add insult to injury, the card machines hadn’t been charged, one of my helpers sorted out a laptop- I don’t understand how but it worked most of the time.
There were over 70 attendees all wanting a drink at the same time. I set the bossy helper the task of carrying drinks to their seats for the less able. They were mostly patient and kind.
The singer was very good and one or two attendees danced for the better part of the hour! We had several wheelchair attendees from a nursing home for the first time; it was good to see them but I don’t think we can cope with them on other than concert days.
I got home exhausted, with a load of tablecloths to wash. After lunch, I put them on the line. When I got back, a friend£ delivered 7kg of very ripe plums for jam! Blast! I then spent the next 4 hours making jam as the plums wouldn’t really last until today.
Today’s job is to print and glue labels on 31 jars of jam.
T’ai chi thrown in as well, though with my painful ankle, I’m not sure I’ll attend.
Thinking of r&l, hoping she’s doing ok. Hugs to those in sickbay. Carpediem 🦩🦩🦩🐦🔥🦩
