The Owl and the Pussycat.

I have just returned from our monthly Women's Institute meeting full of Pimms, Kentish apple juice, and fine italian meats and cheeses. Oh, and I got to take home my Owl and the Pussycat clay tile that I made last month. (See pics - my mother's tile is the one on the left).

Tonight the guest speaker came from a local farm shop, 'Macknade Fine Foods' and we got to sample just some of the fabulous food and drink they sell there. I visit there quite often as it is one of the few places, it seems, that you can get decent taramasalata.

I'm really enjoying this Women's Institute thing. I reckon it could really catch on!

Jam and Jerusalem

A Women's Institute group has just started in the village so last night I went along. I must admit I did struggle through the song 'Jerusalem' mainly because it was hard not to giggle. But I did enjoy the evening. We were treated to a flower arranging demonstration by a very popular man called Robin White. I remember the first time, a few years ago, that I went to see one of his demonstrations. Although I like seeing flower arrangements, I did wonder how watching someone prod flowers and bits of foliage into some oasis was going to be entertaining. However it is his banter that makes it such fun. He has plenty of funny stories to tell and the arrangements that he does are really, really fabulous! He has won medals at Chelsea.