Hello there, I hope you are well.
Yesterday was the local WI meeting, I went with a friend and met another 2 ladies from my village. One of the ladies, I see at the monthly coffee morning, the other was her daughter. Sadly I didn't win anything in the raffle. After the business (minutes of last meeting read out, any notices, birthday gifts handed out etc) we listened to a speaker, the lady accompanied by her husband talked about their involvement in Tanzania. It was interesting because the WI is not a religious organisation (though we do sing Jerusalem), I'm so used to hearing about Christian involvement in helping other countries - such as Compassion UK in Kenya where we sponsor a girl... that to hear how they manage to find money, mostly from family and friends, then go and help was amazing.
I felt that I recognised them both, they are around 70+ years, so after the meeting, I went and spoke to them. It turned out that they are indeed familiar, serving in the Co-operative health store in town. It's a partner run store, quite small and not related to the nationwide Co-op stores at all. I think that the work they do is amazing, especially as they aren't part of a big organisation and have no major financial input.
I wasn't really sure what I was going to show you on this week's Five on Friday, it falls in with craft and garden, so here we go.
Yesterday was the local WI meeting, I went with a friend and met another 2 ladies from my village. One of the ladies, I see at the monthly coffee morning, the other was her daughter. Sadly I didn't win anything in the raffle. After the business (minutes of last meeting read out, any notices, birthday gifts handed out etc) we listened to a speaker, the lady accompanied by her husband talked about their involvement in Tanzania. It was interesting because the WI is not a religious organisation (though we do sing Jerusalem), I'm so used to hearing about Christian involvement in helping other countries - such as Compassion UK in Kenya where we sponsor a girl... that to hear how they manage to find money, mostly from family and friends, then go and help was amazing.
I felt that I recognised them both, they are around 70+ years, so after the meeting, I went and spoke to them. It turned out that they are indeed familiar, serving in the Co-operative health store in town. It's a partner run store, quite small and not related to the nationwide Co-op stores at all. I think that the work they do is amazing, especially as they aren't part of a big organisation and have no major financial input.
I wasn't really sure what I was going to show you on this week's Five on Friday, it falls in with craft and garden, so here we go.
1) A Christmas gift from Mark. It's a wooden Hare coaster which I think is too good to be used. One day I may use it but for now, it sits on the table next to me in the lounge. I love it.
2) Kalanchoe plant, a gift from my son and Fiancée. I hope that it survives for a while... any plants that are needing repotting or look half dead, I take to a lady in our old village. She loves tending to them, whereas I don't. I trim plants as needed and feed them in the growing season but that's all. I did re-pot a Christmas cactus once but the roots never spread into the soil. I once followed the lady's advice for an orchid and it developed growth and flowers. That is my limit though.
5) The view from my kitchen window at the front of the bungalow and the heather round the back garden. The view is of the Lincolnshire Wolds, which I can see reasonably clearly, though not any detail. The soon as the camera is pointed at it, it's blurry or looks non-existent. It's a lovely view that I never tire of seeing whilst washing up. The bush needs cutting back twice a year, with sharp thorns all over it, Mark bought some long leather protective sleeves. He chain sawed the top off to bring it to about 5ft tall. It's supposed to stay at 4ft according to the deeds on the property.
Bye for now.
