The world from my window

It's Good Friday, a day to be sombre before Easter Sunday jumps out at us in all its glory. We're in the Enchanted Village hall, selling hot cross buns and coffee to raise fund for our jubilee celebrations in June. In come the church choir, fresh from a church service, processing slowly and with sadness on their faces. It had to happen. We'd gotten away with it for far too long. Thieves have just stripped the lead off the church roof. That's about it. Love Maddie x

As the church strikes eight o'clock across a still village square, the blinds come up on the shop window and customers line up on the pavement outside to get their Good Friday paper. Even on a bank holiday, there is not much time for a rest for the shopkeeper and his little band of helpers. Dandelion clocks breeze across the fields, much too early for this time of year. We are living in a hazy heatwave this past week, summer has arrived and it is still only April. On the church tower, the union flag is still flying to mark the Queen's (real) birthday yesterday. Hot cross buns are waiting in the wings to come out at The Enchanted Village hall a little while later. We will gather and natter, have tea and coffee, sitting out at tables and chairs arranged in the car park and soaking up this glorious weather. And we will say: 'I just can't believe all this sunshine. Isn't it wonderful?' This morning we emerge from the hovel after a surreal night on the tiles ...