These people all came to tea today. They all delivered election leaflets for my father in last month's County Council election and helped him get re-elected. Although they are a fairly conservative bunch (small c) by no means all are card carrying Tories so much as Pa's personal supporters club.
So yesterday I was baking and mixing sandwich fillings while trying to watch the match of the Andies. (Query: would the right one have won those two tie-breaks if I had been concentrating harder on willing his success and less on my fruit loaf?)
Today, the weather has remained really hot and dry so that even the sunshades have needed to be in the shade (if you see what I mean) and I was urging people to eat quickly before the prawns became dangerous and the cream went on the turn. [Christmas catering is so much easier when you just dont turn on the heat in the room where food is being served until the very last minute.] The home-made lemonade and the elderflower cordial have gone down a bomb, but I have now used up all the ice cubes, and the fresh trays are still only half frozen. Anyway, I seem to have judged the quantities about right - there is a little left over, but not much.
Next time though, MY friends. I'm just catering staff today. A girl I knew at school has just moved into the village and suggests we might have a small and select gathering of the class of '73 before the summer is out.
jollyweez
Oh! You were so brave to cater to all those special people. Especially on a hot day. Good idea to encourage them to eat-up the prawns & cream quickly.
They all seem to be happy nevertheless. Yes, I do hope that you will have some 'help' at the next gathering. Give you more time to enjoy their company.
It was obviously a beautiful Summer's day. JW