Miss C gets her groove back

The country house was heaving with children. The wedding  punctuated by baby gurgles and laughter.  We attended the ceremony under the trees, seated in rows of white chairs under big old trees planted by Johns grandfather and father.  I sat ever so calmly in my lovely summer dress my legs demurely tucked to the side. Heels together like my mother taught me. My hands  laid in my lap. But the moment it was over, like a racehorse out of the gates,  I ran for the car and raced back  to the farmy through country roads.  Got back home by 4.30, and tripped through the house dropping shoes, and clothes, ting went rings and bangles. Hair stuffed back into a farm hat.

On with the  farm clobber and boots  and out I went to do the chores.  The animals were hot and noisy.  I was only a tiny bit late but they were not impressed.  I moved from one group to the next feeding, watering and settling.  Daisy swanned in to be milked and swanned back out again followed by Hairy. Everything settled down and went quiet.

I trotted back to the house, kicking off gumboots and shedding dirty farm clothes like a caterpillar. Ran through the shower, picked my wedding dress up off the floor, stepped back into the heels, rings, bangles, lipstick and dark sunglasses, then transformed back into the wedding guest, butterflied my way back to the wedding.

Just in time for the next round of bubbly. 

We were home at dusk to finish and all was peaceful. 

Though look at Mama. Time to have her in to look at her feet.    We have to do Mama’s feet frequently and she hates it. I walked  the rat house field where the sheep are and beside the root cellar I found that the chickens had scratched up some very old glass, bits of a broken green glass bowl,  which is a worry for any animal in the area.  The old people before us  pushed soil up on either side of the root cellar to keep it cool, they may have thrown rubbish in there too. I will need to do some investigations. 

Good morning.  The wedding was an outdoor affair so I was able to wear my sunglasses the whole time. The bride was giddy and we were well fed and watered. Today there are wedding people from the city coming out to visit the farm with their children, so I had better pretty it up a bit this morning.

My eye is still red but no longer aches. Thank you all so much for your wonderful care and concern yesterday.  You are a fantastic support team.  This morning I am ahead of myself and getting my groove back.  It will be a good day. We will nail it today. You and I.

You have a great day too!

celi