Summer at last!

We have had a few days of warm sunny weather now and it is supposed to last until midweek.
Yesterday was the pipe band contest in Enniskillen. It has been held at the Broadmeadow instead of Celtic Park for three years now. The move was mainly because of the weather making the field very soggy. I was there yesterday doing my usual job of helping with the sandwich making at the Killadeas Pipe Band catering stall.



Niall has been doing some boating too. Yesterday he went up to Enniskillen and then to Devenish where he met up with others for a barbeque. Today he went out with Paul, Chris, Maria and Lynsie and had another barbeque at Tully Castle. Hope this lasts a while!
Barry's engagement has taken place and we were over at the celebration party last night. He proposed at the top of Cole's Monument!

Belleek Flower Festival

Yesterday was a bank holiday here.
Our church choir was invited to sing choral evensong at a closing service after the flower festival being held at Belleek Parish Church. A new chancel has been built on and a most beautiful window added to celebrate the history of the pottery.
Being just on the border the people here have had difficult times so this event was very much a community effort and could raise as much as £20,000.Here you can see the window depicting many images representing the work of the pottery in Belleek. The original wall had no window in it but now it is bright and colourful with two additional small windows, one to left and right of the chancel.A commemorative basket was made by the pottery to mark this event. It is a traditional Belleek woven basket and in the base there is a picture of the new church window in porcelain. This costs £115 and for each basket sold, the church will benefit by £50. Apparently quite a few of these have been ordered by Belleek collectors in U.S.A.
By the way, it's still raining here. Can't put the umbrella or the winter woollies away yet!