THURSDAY 19th/ OCTOBER 2017.
I was up first this morning to see little
princess ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, she shot into her duvet, we then
slowly got the day on the go, after breakfast of ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties ‘
– open on brown for Brenda, with mugs of steaming ‘ PG Tips’ - we started on
the preparations for this evenings ‘ Gourmet Supper’ when Lee & Daniela are
joining us.
To start we are having a small selection of
‘Tapas’ with a nice glass of chilled Cava, for the main course it’s “ Braised
Steak “ in a rich ‘Red Wine, Onion & Shallot, Mushroom & Vegetable Salsa
’ garnished with glazed whole Baby Carrots and ‘ Hasselback Pototoes’ ( baked
in Goose Fat) with Cabbage & Alcelgas, Cauliflower Florets in a three Cheese
sauce, Garden Peas and Brenda’s famous Mashed Potato, accompanied with a fine ‘Faustino
VIII ‘ Rioja.
For the dessert it’s my famous ‘ Crepes ‘ –
I made the batter this morning – served with local Fresh Raspberries, Vanilla
Ice Cream & a special ‘Maple Syrup’ ( flown in from Canada!) along with a
small glass of a rather special ‘ Creekside Shiraz Icewine’ – from the Niagara
Peninsula - that comes highly recommended!
Overnight the rain has drifted away as
there is still a little light breeze, the tail-end of ‘Hurricane Ophelia’ –
this morning it’s overcast & grey, but dry, by lunchtime it’s due to reach
21/23 degs! The rest of the week and over the weekend is going to back to
normal, for the time of the year, warm & sunny hovering in the mid 20s,
next week is now looking settled, warm & sunny, watch this space.
This afternoon we will channel hop and
catch the early ‘Quiz’ shows along with the regular programmes before getting ourselves
freshened up for this evenings ‘ Banquet’!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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