Gardeners Rest #19 (2024)

[greenishfing]

Mrs Go-4it glanceded at Nicos, who kept peering at the Christmas tree and giggling, muttering about vodka and red noses and winking. Just how much had she drunk today?

[Mark Rand]

Rand wandered in clutching a half empty bottle of Cherry Heering and wondered 'What's going on here then?'

[Nicos]

“Oh yum!” everyone called out in unison….
Rand wasn’t sure if they were referring to him or the cherry brandy and just stood there blushing……

[lottie dolly]

Hello Mark said Miz Spelling,let me introduce myself,i am Miz Spelling landlady of this establishment,i would like to welcome you ,and hope you will join in our endevers here,all of a sudden Miz Spelling had a brain wave,an idea sent from heaven,she wonders,Mr Rand,i am looking for a gent to help out as father christmas,Rary was offered the possition,but turned it down,how do YOU feel about acceping this oportunity,the rewards are great,you get free drinks when on duty,as well as meals and snacks,not to mention the ladeeez that would sit an your lap to whisper in your ear.................what they would like for christmas

[Snoop Puss]

Before Rand could answer, Snoop woke up from her blissful slumbers in the comfy chair and exclaimed, "What is that Cheery Herring doing here?" And then as an afterthought: "Are we having kippers for breakfast?"

She'd had nary a drop to drink, let it be known, but everyone else looked much the worse for wear. Still. And including the fairy.

[Nicos]

Bright as a button ( and a particularly shiny one at that!), Nicos entered the room.
”It’s festive wreath making time peeps…everyone welcome!” and headed off to the crafting room.
It turned out she was last to arrive!
The room was packed with guests all standing there secateurs aloft.
Thank goodness she’d set everything out late last night!

[lottie dolly]

Miz Spelling came into the lounge to say good morning to all who were there,weather they was co hearant or not,Good morning every one,trust you had a goodnight,she gave her usual sniff,Snoop thats very apparent,as the Kippers stink the place out,however,that appears to be what is on offer this morning along with whatever else has been ordered,so please enjoy,
The craft class will be starting soon,with that she leaves the room and enters her office with a slight grin,

[Nicos]

Laid across the tables were fine willow and hazel branches- for those wanting to start from scratch, plus ready made rings for those who didn’t .
Masses of holly adorned with red berries; fir tree twigs; dried slices of oranges and apples; various fir cones; bay and rosemary branches; long strips of ivy covered in flowers; bags of moss ( gleefully donated from Nicos’s lawns); painted stones; Pom poms; baubles;wooden stars ribbons; small candles; various colours of tinsel; wire; secatures; blue plasters ( pinched from the kitchen) and several bags of more unusual things.

Festive music playing , it already looked like the ‘party’ was in full swing

Bit strange though cos the smell of kippers were rather spoiling the effect of warm mince pies and cinnamon buns laid out for all to nibble at.
Typically , someone( I won’t name who) was busy gluing mince pies to their wreath

[Nicos]

Marb was there, threading his excess of sprouts onto his wreath….

[Nicos]

Bren…mini plant pots….

[Nicos]

Snoop …dried kippers..

[Nicos]

Flo - what looked like orange felted balls but looked remarkedly like furballs

[Nicos]

Nicos shook her head and giggled “ I know I suggested bringing things to use from home…but really wasn’t expecting that!…

[Nicos]

Bramble, rather enamoured with seeing Xmas lights the other day had even brought a set of battery operated lights to put on hers…although a string of 500 did look rather complicated to unravel…..

[greenishfing]

Mrs Go-4it entered the crafting room and felt rather intimidated be all the women weilding sharp secateurs and lengths of wire.

"Has anybody seen Captain Morgan and Miss Smirmoff?" she asked. They've disappeared and we're making Yule logs this afternoon. If they don't check in by 2pm they're out of the competition.