Pissed

The ukulele band gave a “spirited” performance and won over the local crowd quite magnificently 

I was on the door , selling raffle tickets and window panes and did well at both. Suffice to say I was busy And had to keep sending friends to the bar for a beer….

Over 150 people turned up including lots of old faces  

And would you believe it 

The lovely Chic Eleanor ( centre) 

Turned up 

Affable despots Jason and wife claire with Claire’s dad 

Gwawr and the lovely Tracy Manchester 

Locals from the village  Turpins  et al 

An action shot of Velvet Voiced Linda , Village leader Ian and bouncy Bridget 

Neighbour Sailor John and the lovely Med…pissed lol 

Hattie and Adam 

The object of the night was to publicise the TCA and not to make a profit 

But with food sales ( all my chilli sold) raffle tickets and pledges for the window panes as well as the band donating their gig to us for free we made a rather impressive profit 

I got home to walked the dogs around 11.30:…..I was pissed and walked  into the garden arch without a clue….big laceration on forehead  lol 

A great night ….of a place …we all felt a part of /

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Cáit

Of course I often think of my oldest brother Paul who departed this life in June 2010. He went to bed and never woke up.

Paul knew his little granddaughter Cáit. She was born on March 26th 2008 - the only child of my niece Katie and her former husband Seamus. Cáit will be fifteen  tomorrow. I haven't seen her in years but today I sent three pictures of her to my niece. I took them in 2008, 2010 and 2011 respectively. She was a sweet little thing but now she is on the doorstep of adulthood. These were the pictures I sent:-

In the middle picture she is in the arms of her Uncle Kevin - Paul's second son who himself became a father in January of this year. I blogged about that happy event here. And just to remind you here's Kevin with Finn:-

Finn  is Paul's only grandson and though Paul will never hold him, a part of my brother will carry on  in the lives of both Finn and Cáit. It's an old story repeated through history. Some enter the stage as others exit.

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Thoughts

 You’re here

With me

And that’s enough

Lord for me

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Chilli Mouth

 I went to the hall which was almost ready for the Children’s party this morning.

The whole idea of today was to sell the Hall as a social venue. 

The children’s tables were lined up and decorated and the popcorn machine was out and smelling glorious, so we ticked the box there. 

Bales of straw lined the stage with the TCA posters on them, giving the hall a sort of Ceilidh feel and the bar, for later was hid away in the corner for later. The bar tonight will be run by The Crown ( the village pub)

Bridget had set up a wedding table, using the utilitarian chairs and table from the hall and it looked lovely.we are advertising the Hall as a do-it-yourself wedding venue so this corner speaks for itself.

As for the chilli ?

Well I’m sick of the fucking taste of it!

I’m made four batches so far

One more at least to go

One in the oven

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