Tomorrow is Barry and Leeanne's wedding. The marquee is up in the garden and it looks really well. The ceremony is in Enniskillen Presbyterian Church and then back to the marquee. There is going to be roast hog! It has been exciting watching all the preparations going on this week.
Dad and I went on a bus trip to the Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra last Saturday. The weather was scorching hot but we managed to walk around most of the area.
We had a very successful dedication service yesterday. Lots of food for everyone. Iris and Doreen are part of the catering team.
Mrs Hazel Moore talking to Ray and Robert.
Here is Bishop Michael Jackson talking to Greta Beacom.
My collage of the building process turned out well. The new noticeboard was put in place and I was able to make good use of it.
Dad and Bishop Michael in conversation.
You might be able to spot some familiar faces here - Geoff & Betty, Rita & Ray.
More of the crowd - Bob Cruwys, Helen Ternan, Olive Balfour etc.
I always have a pot of chives and parsley growing close by the kitchen window. They keep coming up year after year. Always handy when you need them for cooking. There is also a raspberry plant given to me by a friend and another plant which she says is a blueberry. I am not convinced about the blueberry. They need planting out when I find a suitable place.
The garden is really springing into life now. The raspberry bushes are showing good promise.
These tomato plants were sent to me by a man who works with Niall. He (the man) is a very keen gardener. I am still deciding where to plant them.
These pots have a bit of a mixture growing in them. On the left are some fruit bushes which seeded themselves last year. I am not sure yet exactly what I have. It may be raspberry or redcurrant - I will need to wait and see. On the right are beetroot seedlings and one lettuce plant. I was trying out some old seed I had and only one lettuce came up!
These are my potatoes - I have three full ridges of them this year. Some are Red Duke of York variety and the others are Kerrs Pinks.
The rhubarb plants are coming on well now. I have already cut my first young rhubarb and made a pie.
These are shallots. I see one onion set sneaked its way in amongst them.
I planted these lettuces just yesterday evening so they still need time to pick themselves up.
I am growing some leeks in this large terracotta pot.
These strawberry plants are looking as if they are going to do better this year.
Some of these are photos taken on Gareth's camera. Thought you would like to see them.
This is Faith.
This is Sophia.
Sophia again.
Faith again.
These last two photos are self-explanatory.
An exciting event occurred today. My very own butterfly hatched out!
I decided to bring it into the house and put it into a jam jar so that I could watch the development.
It sat there for weeks and I was beginning to think that nothing would come out and it had probably dried up.
Imagine my surprise this morning when I saw something fluttering in the jar and there was my pretty yellow butterfly! In the picture you can see the empty pupa case beside it.
Our weather has been very good for the last number of weeks so we had our first trip of the season to the "Round O." There were flocks of birds swooping about looking for the bread which many people were feeding to them.
In our new church hall things are progressing well now. Here Robert is doing some measuring up for the kitchen.
The exterior is well on to being complete and ready now for the tarmac on the car parking area.
The wall around the hall has been built and dashed to match. Also the concrete round the back is finished and the rear view is very attractive.
Our service of dedication by Bishop Michael is on May 9th so it's all systems go to have everything completed by then.
