A ' CRISP' & OVERCAST SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 31st/ JANUARY 2018.     “ SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON “

Sadly Daniela is still not very well so little princess ‘ Reina’ has not joined us this morning in ‘ Doggy World Heaven ‘ – this means that we had a little lie in, the village is still very quiet as the ‘Contractors’ workmen are at present at the top end of ‘ Calle Mar ‘ and with no traffic in our street and the school children are making their way up to the school by the back streets, it’s stays quiet until the local neighbours come out and start chatting!

After our normal light breakfast of toast & tea I got this evenings supper on the go, my famous ‘ Chicken & Mushroom Curry ‘

See below ‘Calle Mar ‘ this morning.

At the moment it’s grey & overcast but keeping dry, the wind has dropped a little and the sky is starting to clear, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 15/16 degs+ - hopefully the wet stuff will keep away, from tomorrow it’s now looking dry & settled, with some sunshine but keeping on the cool side, hovering on the 13/14 degs mark for the next few days and into the weekend, next week is also looking the same, unseasonably cold for the time of the year, watch this space.

See below the start of the supper blue blood moon over Liverpool, last night, it’s the dome of the Town Hall with the ‘Minerva’ Statue looking towards the ‘ Everton Water Tower ‘ in blue in the distance!

I made the ‘ Chicken & Mushroom Curry ‘ to my own recipe; the diced Chicken Breast is tossed in seasoned curry flavoured flour and browned off, at the same time I make the sauce using diced Onions, a little Garlic & ‘ Fuji Apples, diced Pineapple and Baby Mushrooms, lots of Lime & Lemon juice, the secret ingredients along with Tomato Frito, with three sorts of Curry Powders & Turmeric and Cumin powder, then a little Mango Chutney and pastes of Rogan Josh, Tikka Masala & Madras Curry before adding a rich Chicken & Vegetables stock and the diced Chicken, it’s then left to ‘ cook-off’ under the very able eye of the ‘ Second Chef ‘ – who will prepare and cook her famous ‘ Basmati Rice’ later!

The aromas are wafting up the street and upstairs into the office/studio as I’m typing/posting the Blog!!

See below some more pictures of the old Pier in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, before the ‘demolition’ start work, later today, very sad to see it in its last ‘ Stand ‘ !!


Check out the view in the first picture below, don't forget that you can enlarge all the pictures by clicking on them! The small ' window' picture is from 1902 !!

Last night we watched before our supper the next episode of ‘ Great American Railroad Journeys’ with Michael Portillo as he reached Canada, his first stop was Montreal in the province of Quebec, as he discovered the influence of French & British colonial roots, it’s going to get even more interesting as he goes to Toronto later in the week, we are learning more about Canada, the first things is how large it is! We are watching out for a mention of ‘Everett’ in Ontario, as it brings Sandra & Bill that bit nearer and into our thoughts!! Watch this space.

After supper we settled down to watch the next episode of the excellent  two-part ‘ Silent Witness ‘ only to be disappointed as the TV system crashed, I tried all the re-set tricks, that Lee has showed me, but with no luck, this morning I’ve managed to get it back on so later we will use the ‘BBC I –Player’ to catch up with the end.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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