Our social life hots up

 Life in Penboyr is hectic. So many places to go, so many people to see.Last  Friday,David and I attended the local theatre, called The Attic Theatre.... because they used to rehearse in the attic of the local bank. I think its called the attic theatre because they must have found most of the props in someones attic. Its quite quaint, about 100 seats, no curtain to the stage, the actors get changed in the local council office , and at half time ( sorry Intermission ) a lady brings around drinks , sweets and ice cream on a tea trolley. They also had a raffle and one of the prizes was a dozen eggs from a local farm. Had to have a giggle at that.
One Saturday we went to the Welsh Smallholders Show at Beuath Wells. It is a sort of Agricultural show, and we managed to see poultry, sheep, pigs, goats and llamas, as well as quite a few traders stands. It is the first time I have seem an obedience class for pigs, judged by Adam Henson of TV fame. He asked each contestant what they were going to tell the pig to do, and then they had to do it. One young girl had a nice pig, she was in the ring long before any of the others arrived, and her piggy was following close to heel all the time. As soon as the girl announced that she was going to get the pig to heel, sit and lie down, the pig just stood there and looked at her. LOL. We also saw pig agility , when the showman had to guide the pig around a course of hurdles, weave in and out of traffic cones, oer a small jump , through a tunnel and and gate, and be timed. It was hilarious .
Monday evening we went to dinner at another couple who have bought a similar sized smallholding  on the other side of the village. Jill and Harvey and their two dogs made us very welcome, and we had an interesting time exploring their smallholding. It is up hill and down dale, through the stream, and largely overgrown with weeds.I wouldn't have known where to begin, but Jill and Harvey have achieved great things in their 10 months there and have plenty of plans for the future.Dinner was my favourite ( not ) fish pie..... yuk.The company was very good.
Tuesday afternoon we popped across the road to wish one of the neighbours a happy 70th birthday. Apparently it had been as very happy birthday as we popped over at 2.30 pm , and Alan was three sheets to the wind ! We were made very welcome, and the afternoon flew by, our quick visit turned into a 4 hour visit. It was very nice to meet all their family.
Thursday I escaped to patchwork class, I haven't been for about six weeks, and thought it would be nice to have clean hands for a whole day. Once again it was a very enjoyable day, plenty of chatting and cups of tea, a few pointers on how to sew units together on the machine, so that the triangles still have points, and loads of interesting projects to be seem, as each person works on a project of their own choice. I have sew , sorry so much to learn.
Today Friday has been a little mundane, went to the market in Newcastle Emlyn and bought loads of citrus fruit to make marmalade with, and some strawberries to make strawberry conserve, then on to the pet shop to stock up on food for the dogs, cats, birds, chickens etc, and on to the supermarket to stock up on people food and supplies. Did you hear a fog horn blaring ???? Boring, boring , boring. Never mind.
Tomorrow David and I will be helping out another new friend from the garden club Steve. He lives in the next hamlet down the hill, and is holding an open garden for the National Garden Scheme, raising money for a cancer charity Funny thing is, until today I didn't realise that there was another hamlet down this " track",I thought it was someones drive way. Hope David is driving us there, I certainly don't fancy giving the path a go. I  hope the weather is good and loads of people turn out.
Well its 11 30 pm again, so I'm off to bed.
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