Kames Horticultural Society show
Living in the country, there's always some kind of show going on, we headed over to Kames to see theirs this summer. The usual stuff from veg and flowers to craftwork and the compulsary raffle! The ticket also included as much cake as you could eat, and tea! On the way in there was a young deer just having a bit of chill time on the lawn outside - we hope it's ok - probably got separated from its mum and when the crowds die down it will come and bring it home! On the way we also saw a deer wading across the loch at low tide! Beautiful.
Quite a big gap to the next time we went out for something nice mid-October, as John was having a very good day. Just a quiet trip to the cinema to see the Apprentice movie about Donald Trump (very interesting) and for an excellent dinner at the Coylet, then the scenic drive back along Loch Eck for gorgeous evening mist in the trees.
My next social excursions were by myself in December. I needed to force myself to get out and do things and appreciate the life John can't have. It's been difficult. The events have been lovely events, but there is, of course, something - someone - missing. But I'm trying.
Christmas is building now and I love singing carols, so I headed out to Kilmun church where John played the water powered organ some months ago. They have a newly formed choir who were rather good and we got some lovely solos and a couple of poetry readings from a local lady inbetween some heartily sung Christmas tunes. A lovely hour or so. The wishing of a very merry Christmas fell with a thud at the end but it was for everyone else, not me.
The next door neightbour, Dave, was in the panto again this year: Robin Hood, along with my colleague Sam, so I went to watch and support. It was really quite brilliant, with a superb performance by the panto dame and a raffle at half time. A really enjoyable evening with lots of laughter.
Our work Christmas do was a brilliant day. A day of crafts and nibbles and chatting, followed by a Christmas quiz, a few drinks and swapping of secret Santa gifts and giving the new girl a baptism of fun fire. It was perfect timing to coincide with the switching on of Inverary Christmas lights, with the parade going right by the pub where we were having drinks so we could watch Santa and listen to the bagpipe band. Dinner at the George rounded it off nicely. Fatigue settled in after about 10pm and I felt myself getting tearful and struggling to keep up the smiles when the live band started and some of the lyrics caught me off guard. But I made it through.
And a lovely little local Christmas market in the village hall at Strachur was very well attended, with lovely stalls, fund raising raffle and even tea and cake included in the entry price of £2! I managed to finish my Christmas shopping here and pick up the final piece of my secret Santa gift.
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