A VERY HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 13^th/ MAY 2015.

Up as normal this morning as we had to catch our gas bottle delivery man first thing; the workers are back on the development and have commenced on some wall brick work, yesterday they also dropped off some tall steel fabrications – watch this space.

We had our usual breakfast of Weetibix, toast, tea & fresh Orange juice before getting the day on the go; the sun was out early this morning and the sky is blue, there is a little breeze in sunny Manilva which will make it very pleasant later at the temperatures go up, all over Spain today its going to be he hottest day on record in May with in some inland places especially down here in Andalusia reaching 42/44degs!

Brenda is pottering about finding jobs to do and after breakfast I made tonight’s supper a “Chicken, Mushroom Tarragon Casserole” I sweat off all the ingredients, that I have finely diced, in White Wine( thanks Brenda) & Tarragon along with my secret ingredients using Onions, Garlic, Carrots, Swede, Celery, Leeks, Red & Green Peppers and Baby Mushrooms, the Breast of Chicken is cubed and tossed in seasoned flour before lightly stirring it in Vegetable oil; then its added to the rest of the ingredients along with a strong Chicken & Vegetable stock and left to cook out.

I will adjust the seasoning and consistency later, meanwhile, the ‘Vegetable/Assistant Chef’ – Brenda, is preparing whole Baby Carrots, Garden Peas & Saffron New Potatoes to accompany the casserole.

‘Chispa’ came crashing early this morning and is playing around the house, we will go for a nice walk a little later and will perhaps have a cool drink! It’s about now that ‘Lumy’ up in Bar Rojas starts making her special “ Gazpacho” recipe which she serves in tall glasses ‘Spanish Style’ as a drink! 

Last night after supper we watched the second-leg semi-final of the ‘UEFA Champions League’ as Barcelona beat Bayern Munich 3-5 on aggregate to go through to the final in Berlin, this evening Real Madrid welcome Juventus in the second semi-final.

See below the 'Pier Head' in Liverpool at lunchtime with the " Royal Princess' berthed !

We have settled down into the routine of going up to the roof terrace in the late afternoon after the sun moves around to read, listen to some music and then have our ‘Happy Hour’ cocktails – what a life – it’s hard but somebody has to do it!!

Thoughts for the Day; see above.

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