Well, the Best Kept Village Competition for 2020 may have been cancelled, but when the plants are already ordered, what do you do?????? The simple answer is ‘PLANT’ !.. and that is exactly what some of The Ridwares WI ladies did, together with other villagers, on Saturday morning, 30th May. What a lovely way to spend the morning in the sunshine.
The colour theme for the planting around the village hall is ‘red, white & blue’. We might be ‘late’ for the ‘VE 75’ celebrations, but the flowers should be flourishing & looking their best for the ‘VJ 75’ commemorations in August.
Thanks again to Kate Britt for planting up the WI heart shaped flower bed, to Alan & Karen for ordering & collecting the plants, the BKV Committee for keeping the inspiration going, & to the Parish Council for their financial support.
So it’s not just the planters that are looking good… lots of ladies are enjoying the fruits of their labours in their back gardens. How wonderful that we can now meet up outside with a few friends and enjoy a coffee (or glass of wine) together! Angela has got the paddling pool out, but has only got as far as dipping her toes in. Sue has been keeping fit virtually – & still finding time for sewing. Betty hopes to move back to her cottage very soon following the flood which devastated her home – although we’re not sure how Meryl will feel about giving back her cat!!
A few members have celebrated LOCKDOWN birthdays, including Karen Parsons, Jan Fisher, Clare Brown, Tina Gough and June Ewing. Happy birthday to you all!
Karen is still sending out newsy emails & says: “It was lovely to see Margaret Sawyer the other day and we had a chat on the doorstep, I’m pleased to say she is doing well and is keeping up to date with news on Facebook and on the internet. Joyce still asks about you all and misses all her visits from friends and family but she sends her best wishes to you all.” And the challenges keep coming – collect those pebbles for World Kindness Day in November!
Sadly, times are not getting brighter for everyone & we send our sincere condolences to Jo Gough on the sad passing of Bernard. A lovely man who will be missed by a huge number of people. Our thoughts & prayers are with Jo & her family.
