Monday 23 March 2009

Flower power


I love flowers. I get very excited at receiving them, especially out of the blue.

On Sunday I was flattered to receive two batches! The kids were distributing little bunches of daffodils in the morning's service, which was very sweet. Then in the evening, even though I wasn't in the service, someone kindly thought of me for a bunch of the church flowers (a rare privilege!) and sent them home for me with a housemate - thanks Hen.

They're gorgeous, and the flat smells wonderful. Though I have a small niggling feeling of paranoia...
It was Mothers' Day...

Saturday 21 March 2009

The mouths of babes...


I was at the farmers' market this morning, glancing at the hand-made chocolate stall. A small boy was eyeing up the large Easter eggs, and noticing me, he started a conversation...

Small Boy: You should buy one of these.
Me: I'd love to but I shouldn’t.
SB: Why not?
Me: Because my tummy's already too big! We don't want it to be any bigger do we?
SB: (ponderously) I know you don't have a baby in there... but if you did, and you ate one of those really big eggs, the baby could get squashed couldn't it?..."

Even with such a rudimentary understanding of biology, I was grateful for his support in the non-pregnant campaign!

Tuesday 10 March 2009

Not me!

Sunday morning I was innocently sitting at the drum kit waiting for the service to start. From my vantage point I could see a few groups of visitors, mainly kids of church members, who had long grown up, moved away, and were back for a visit.

One couple were celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, and it was lovely to see their daughter and grandchildren had come from abroad. I also spotted Louise and her husband hidden in the middle of a row. She had long gone off to University by the time I joined the church, and though I'd met them both through family and fri
ends, I'm sure half the congregation hadn't.

During the welcome, one lady dashed up to whisper in the announcer's ear. Clearly flustered at a last-second piece of news, he failed to remember her married name, and not wishing to call her by her maiden name declared:
"Louise... is expecting!"

Needless to say, most eyes turned (if for some, only briefly) to the familiar Louise displayed like a prize lemon on a platform at the front. Much laughter, arm waving, head shaking and pointing at the real culprit later, I think I’d made my point.

This didn’t stop a friend from making “...in your condition.” comments at every opportunity after the service. I made it quite clear that if he kept that up I would stop denying it, and instead, take to telling everyone it was his!