SUNDAY 15th/ APRIL 2018.
We had a nice lie in this morning, Brenda
showered first, I’m having my shower later, we then had our regular light
breakfast of just toast & tea before getting this evenings supper on the
go.
We are having ‘ Grilled Marinated Spanish
Lamb Steaks & Cutlets’ – they are marinated in Sea Salt, Black Peppercorn
& Tarragon with Virgin Olive Oil, I will cook then this evening on a very
hot griddle-plate – ‘Med-Rare’ - Pink no blood! I then made a large dish of our
favourite & famous ‘ Boulangere’ Potatoes, hand-cut layers of sliced Potatoes
& Onions, seasoned on each layer((3) – each layer thinner to the top,
before adding a rich Chicken & Vegetable stock, the dish is then sealed
with tin-foil ready to go in the oven this evening, as it cooks I take off the
tin-foil and dot the top of the dish with knobs of Butter, before it goes back
in the oven to crisp up! The ‘ Vegetable Chef’ who earlier peeled the potatoes,
is preparing sliced Brussels Sprouts, glazed Carrot Batons, Cauliflower Florets
in a Cheese Sauce & Garden Peas, a small sauceboat of our special ‘ Mint’
sauce on the side! ‘( Sugar & Wine Vinegar)
This morning the sun was out early and the
sky is already bright blue, the clouds have now cleared and there is just a
very light breeze, by lunchtime it will be 20/21 degs+ - next week, for the
first five days is now looking warm & sunny, reaching 22/23 degs+ - then
over the weekend it’s going a little cooler, again, and we could have some of
the wet stuff returning, watch this space.
See below the sunrise this morning over the
Mediterranean.
Yesterday evening we had a nice news update
from Sandra & Bill over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, Sandra is still not
fully recovered, she has a lingering cough & low grade fever, her
specialist switched the antibiotics and she is starting to improve, get back to
normal soon! This weekend they are expecting
and bracing themselves for a severe ‘ Ice Storm ‘ – that could be crippling and
knock out the electricity! They are keeping a low profile over the weekend,
take care ‘ Spring’ is just round the corner!
See below “ Springtime in Canada “ !!
Just a quick update on all the sports
results; Everton could only draw 1-1, Manchester City won 1-3 and Liverpool won
3-0, over here Barcelona won 2-1 and are now unbeaten in ‘La Liga’ in 39
matches!( a new record) Over at the ‘ Chinese Grand Prix’ in a chaotic race
Hamilton could only manage 4th as Daniel Ricciardo won, at the ‘ Grand
National ‘ at Aintree, “ Tiger Roll “ ridden by the veteran Dave Russell, won
in a photo finish, by a short-head!
Last night after supper we settled down to
watch the first, back to back, episode of the second series of the Belgium
thriller/ crime drama “ Salamander;
Blood Diamonds “ with sub-tiles as it’s in French & Flemish! You have to have seen the first series to know
some of the characters and the story, it all kicked-off in Africa, as a
murderous and treacherous general killed at will, a Belgium pilot was ferrying
diamonds back to Belgium, as well as a memory stick, five years later the
Belgium Detective ( Felip Peeters’ ) is on the case as there is a murder, the
killer is also murdered, the plot deepens, the Belgium Prime Minister is mixed up in the old ‘
Salamander’ organisation, with strange ‘ hand signals’ - going back to World
War 2, a multi-national company is also trying to hide the secrets, there are ‘
baddies ‘ all over the place, including spies, Diamond smugglers, and the
Detective has a daughter at university, who is being followed and his lady
friend has a past connection?! Watch this
space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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