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Happy Easter everyone!
Richard attended Holy Communion this morning at the church of St. Peter in the village of St. Peter South Elmham. He kindly took this photograph for me on his phone.
I attended Solemn Mass this morning at the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in the town of Eye. I was unable to take any photos as I was busy helping my mother so this link may give you an idea of where I was. One day I intend to write a post about the church at Eye.
During Holy Week we did manage to do a few things on top of all the church-going. We visited Norwich on Tuesday so that Elinor could revisit the exhibition of dolls’ houses currently on display at the Castle Museum. She decided that this was the exhibition she wanted to review for her college interview this coming Wednesday and she needed to check up on a few details and take some more photos. While we were in the city we did some Easter shopping and had an extremely pleasant lunch at the Iron House.
On the way home I stopped off in Bungay to get some more shopping and to order some flowers for the church to be collected on Holy Saturday.
On Wednesday I took my mother out shopping in Diss and she gave me a dozen Hot Cross Buns she had made which I put in the freezer when I got home. Richard and I went to Rumburgh church to tidy it a little before the service that evening. The building works have nearly finished but the dust is still settling on everything. The churchyard is full of cowslips!
We drove back home and then walked to the corner of the lane to admire all the Jacob sheep and their lambs.
Thursday was quite busy. After the early church service I went into Halesworth to pick up some things I needed and spent some time in town. We had organised a team cleaning session at Rumburgh church for 2 pm but only five people managed to attend – Richard the Rector, Pam and Ian (the other Churchwarden and his wife), Richard and I. We all worked hard for two and a half hours and the church is clean and tidy again with everything back where it should be. We got rid of a lot of rubbish and moved some furniture about too.
Before going out again that evening I managed to wash two altar cloths and a table cloth from the church. They dried quickly in the strong, cold breeze that has been blowing all the week.
Friday was Hot Cross Bun Day!
Not only did we have buns at home but the Rector held a tea at his house after the last service of the day. It was very well attended, much food and drink was consumed and a lot of talking and gossiping was done!
We got a little much needed rain later but unfortunately, just as it started at 5.15 pm we got yet another power-cut which lasted until after 9.30 pm. A power cable was hit by a branch again! I had nothing suitable to cook on the gas hob for our evening meal so we went out to Bungay and had a pizza at the Stonehouse.
I went back to Bungay on Saturday morning to collect the flowers I had ordered and to buy some wrapping paper for presents for my mother whose 87th birthday is tomorrow. I also had to take a large parcel to the post office.
Today we went to the Fox and Goose in Fressingfield for lunch to celebrate both Easter and Mum’s birthday. It was a lovely meal, enjoyed by all of us and then Mum came home with us for the afternoon. The rain that was forecast for today held off until the afternoon so we didn’t get wet.
We have eaten out much more than usual this week, and very nice it has been too!
Thanks very much to you all for visiting my blog!
Lisa G. said:
Happy Easter, Clare! I didn’t have to cook, either, which was very unusual. My brother has been sick with an awful chest cold and some feverishness since Friday morning, so he didn’t go to any of the Triduum services, and consequently had little appetite. I had cooked three lamb chops yesterday, so I heated them up and served ’em with frozen green beans. It was over 80 degrees today with a very strong wind, and Dolly and I sat outside for an hour. A quiet day for me. I didn’t mind it. It was a good Lent and it’s a wonderful Easter – I’m grateful for it all.
You were busy with your cleaning and washing things for church. I hope you can rest now. 🙂
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you, Lisa and a very Happy Easter to you too! I am so sorry your brother has been unwell – I hope he is starting to feel better now. The church is looking much better now – we need to go in there sometime this week to make sure all is well as there is to be a wedding there on Saturday but most of the hard work has been done. Everything is back to normal at home now and that’s fine with me!
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Lisa G. said:
Oh! I also would love your dear mother’s recipe for the buns, if it’s not a secret. I made some, but am not overly thrilled. I have a kitchen scale which I can use for British recipes. 🙂
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Clare Pooley said:
I’m afraid I only read this after I had come back from visiting my mother today. I will be seeing her on Wednesday and I will try to remember to ask her for the recipe. I am sure she will be pleased to share it if only I remember to ask!
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susanpoozan said:
That hot cross bun looked delicious. What a wonderful number of churches, still open, you have nearby. Do they share clergy?
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you, Susan. All the churches I visited are in our benefice and they are all looked after by our one Rector. He has one Reader and one Elder who help out with the non-communion services and a coule of retired clergymen he can call on if they are needed but apart from them he rushes about looking after all eleven churches on his own. He has arranged it that each Holy Week every church holds one service and we all travel from one church to the next to take part in them. This is the first year I have managed to go to all the services during the week, I just wasn’t able to go to the one on Sunday morning.
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susanpoozan said:
It is a marvel that 11 churches are still kept up, how do you finance the upkeep of all those buildings? Do a lot of local people value them as history if not as places of worship?
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Clare Pooley said:
There are very few parishioners at these rural churches and most of the churches have great difficulty finding their parish share each year. Any work that needs doing to the churches entails lots of saving up and many coffee mornings, cake sales and other fund raising initiatives. The local people do value the churches as history and many ask to be baptised, married and buried there. (Though not as many as there used to be!).
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Liz said:
I have very much enjoyed your week of Easter posts – thank you for taking the trouble to write each day. 🙂
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Clare Pooley said:
My pleasure, Liz and thank-you very much. 🙂
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Jill Weatherholt said:
Thanks for sharing your week with us, Clare. It looks like you had a wonderful Easter. xo
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you, Jill – yes it has been a good Easter so far. xo
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Laurie Graves said:
Lovely, lovely countryside! And a very happy birthday to your mother.
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you very much, Laurie.
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New Hampshire Garden Solutions said:
I’m glad your week and your Easter went well despite the power losses.
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tootlepedal said:
How annoying to have such bad luck with the power. The cowslips in the churchyard look wonderful.
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Clare Pooley said:
Tank-you, Tom. I have never seen them looking so good.
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quercuscommunity said:
Sounds like you need a rest. :–)
Those hot cross buns look delicious.
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Clare Pooley said:
They were wonderful!
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quercuscommunity said:
🙂
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margaret21 said:
I’m glad there’s someone else around who believes that hot cross buns are only really for Good Friday. I’m slightly less hard line about it these days, but I still think there’s double the pleasure when they’re a rare treat. I hope you had a good Easter.
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Clare Pooley said:
We only have hot cross buns on Good Friday and maybe for a week or so afterwards. They are definitely a treat! Thank-you Margaret – we had a very enjoyable Easter. I hope yours was a good one despite all your family troubles xx
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margaret21 said:
It was thank you. As my latest post reveals 😉
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Clare Pooley said:
I’m on my way!
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quietsolopursuits said:
A belated Happy Easter to you and yours Clare!
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you! And to you too!
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Aquileana said:
Such beautiful post, dear Clare- St. Peter’s church is beautiful… and it seems Spring has already sprung over there 😀 Look at those yellow flowers everywhere! 😉
I hope that you and your family had a great Easter, my friend. May the resurrection times bring you good vibes and new pretty moments ahead.
Much love & best wishes, across the miles ⭐ ❤
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you so much my dear Aquileana! We had a wonderful Easter. With best wishes to you and your family this week and always xx ❤ xx
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Lavinia Ross said:
A belated Happy Easter, Clare, and a Happy Birthday to your mother! Rick and I had a quiet Sunday here with the cats. I am sorry about the power outage. We went through one a bit earlier this month when high winds came through.
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you very much, Lavinia. Power outages seem to be in fashion at the moment! I hope you are well and the weather is being kind to you.
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Nilma Macedo Paulino said:
I liked your blog. I’m following! ADD my!!!!
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you very much!
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sherijkennedyriverside said:
I have some more catching up to do. Sorry I have been absent from reading your lovely blog and staying in touch here. I got swept away in getting my new book done and launched. Though that is just a fact not an excuse. I will try to do better, for I do enjoy chatting with you and seeing your photo essays here. The hot-cross bun looks delicious. My mother used to make them too. My brother and I buy them now, but it’s not the same. I love the photo of the church washing blowing in the wind. Makes the crisp, formal church images come alive and connect to life for me. 🙂 I’m glad you got to spend some time with family at Easter. My father would have been 87 this year too. It’s great you have your mother and can be with her to celebrate her birthday. It is fun to go out to eat, and I’m glad it gave you some extra breaks in what sounds like a very busy week. Back soon…
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you very much, Sheri! I think your writing and getting another book published is more than an excuse 🙂
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sherijkennedyriverside said:
You’re very sweet…But I’m trying to get things more in balance. Since publishing a book is not a one time goal, but a lifestyle, I need to figure out a less obsessive schedule. Working on it… Or would that be, NOT working on it. 😉
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Clare Pooley said:
🙂 🙂
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Charlotte Hoather said:
Ooo I could just eat a fresh buttered hot cross bun, hope you had a happy Easter.
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Clare Pooley said:
Thank-you, Charlotte. We did have a lovely Easter as I hope you did too. I love hot cross buns and look forward to them each year.
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nildamacedopaulino said:
Nice ❤ ❤ ❤
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