A Lovely Day
Late with my blog today. But for a very good reason. A lovely wedding.
The wedding was between David Pepper and Allison Daniel. David is the son of Myles Pepper at whose arts venue and café in Fishguard Paul and I have performed on quite a few occasions either separately or together. I’ve done storytelling there and Paul has sung there with David as accompanist.
Paul and I have known both young people over several years and it was a very great pleasure to be invited to their wedding and to be able to attend. The wedding itself was at St. Mary’s in Fishguard and the reception at Gelli Fawr in the Gwaun Valley. Paul and I drove down yesterday, arriving quite late yesterday evening.
Over the course of the day today, both at noon when the wedding took place and the afternoon and early evening when the wedding guests were treated to lovely eats and drinks, I’ve thought how lucky and lovely it has been to have this relationship with the Pepper family. In one respect, the relationship began a long time ago.
Years ago, my Aunty Mali who, of course, lived in Fishguard used to talk about Myles who was at the time a silversmith. Indeed, she gave me a lovely brooch which she’d commissioned from him. The brooch featured some pieces of the Maundy money that Aunty Mali had been awarded by the Queen at a special service at St David’s Cathedral. I felt very honoured when Aunty Mali gave me the brooch. It’s one I’m pleased to wear quite often.
So there we have it. The connections multiply. Aunty Mali, Myles Pepper and now his son David and Allison … it’s a pleasure to know them all and to remember the many varied occasions involving them of which we’ve been part. This evening, now that Paul and I are back in our Pembrokeshire home in Mathri and since I think I’ve had enough wine for the day, I shall be raising a cup of tea in their honour before I go happily to bed.
PS: Today’s picture is, of course, of David, Allison and me.