Flowers, headstones, and a spot of knitting

Last Sunday we discovered there was a flower festival in the 12th century church in Sarratt so headed off for a look. We thought it would just be a few flower arrangements in the church but when we arrived we discovered there was stalls and a barbecue set up in the graveyard - as Ken said, I was in my element.

The picture above shows the view from where we sat to eat our scrummy homemade cake - as you can see there are lots of oldy worldy buildings. The church is lovely and the current building was built in 1190 - that's a very, very, very long time ago!

The theme of the flower festival was it's a wonderful world - here's piccies of some of the displays.

Flowers in lots of different shoes

The front porch of the church decorated beautifully

These flowers represented the Araura Borealis

I loved the above display themed around books and reading - they even included a kindle. My favourite quote in the display was the one below - oh so true.

Flower puppy dog - slightly dodgy looking teeth

Beautiful display incorporating the pulpit

A trumpet made out of flowers completes the wonderful world theme

Flowers in the font

Recreation in flowers of the famous wartime kissing picture

I really liked this display using breakfast crockery and an eggshell - so pretty

Now I couldn't do this post without a few shots of the lovely old headstones - it's very much a graveyard that is still in use interspersed with the old.

Sarratt is a lovely little village with lots of pretty houses - the one below had a cute little Dragon on the end of the roof and the next two are a bit like a tub of Neapolitan ice cream.

On our way home we called into Rickmansworth Aquadrome for lunch at the Cafe in the Park - it was packed with families but as usual the quiet room had lots of space. In the quiet room there was a box of knitted squares and others in progress with a note asking if patrons would help by doing a few rows - the squares are going to be put together into a rug and then raffled to raise funds for Mencap. I was very pleased to see a purple square needing rows so happily added a few - it seemed quite fitting as just that morning I had been talking to my gorgeous niece Emily about knitting.

This is the 100th blog post I've written - how perfect that there were headstones in it and it featured a day out that didn't cost very much. Remember it's the little things that really count in life.

Until next time, stay safe, be good, and keep smiling.

Pamela and Ken
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