I said the 8.00am Mass for two elderly ladies at St Luke's Canton this morning - they told me that others who usually came were all away for the Bank Holiday weekend. After breakfast, Clare and I went together to St Catherine's, where I celebrated a full Sung Eucharist, and I preached there for the first time. There were forty adults and an amazing twenty children in the congregation, some of whom were in the choir. It's a huge church, seating three hundred, at a guess, and the church warden emeritus kindly herded the congregation towards the front section before the service began, which made it easier for me to focus on them.
Afterwards, we went to the farmers market, to buy some small gifts of local cheeses to take with us to Geneva. Clare also bought a blossom laden self pollinating apple tree which promises to bear two varieties of fruit if it takes to our garden. Last week at B&Q we bought tomato plants and a strawberry pot, and she has already has them thriving. After lunch she spent the afternoon agonising about where to plant it, and how to rearrange furnishings and a flower bed. Fortunately, after a week of rain it was decently mild and sunny enough to sit outdoors as well as work. Meanwhile, bees came and visited the apple blossom in a comforting way. Thankfully, our Pontcanna back street gardens and nearby parks aren't short of flowers, blossom or insects.
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