A VERY WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY:

TUESDAY 12^th/ JUNE 2018.

I was up first this morning and after a quick freshen up I shot off down to the main ‘ Medical Centre’ in Sabinillas to make an appointment with the Nurse for my monthly ‘ B12’ Injection, I was fitted in for 10-40 am later this morning, so I came back up to the house for our regular ‘ Weetabix’ toast & tea, before shooting back down!

Brenda took ‘ Paddy ‘ out for his first walk of the day, we take him out at lunchtime, then just before supper and then last thing at night, around the block, he loves going out and does high jumps & somersaults when we reach for his lead! He’s sleeping very well, all night on our bed, at the foot in between our feet, in the morning he crawls up for his cuddle, he now jumps on the seat in the kitchen when we are cooking, when we are watching the TV he moves between us both, on our knees, and he follows me up to the office/studio when I’m typing/posting the Blog.

When I came back from Sabinillas the ‘ Second Chef’ had prepared all the ingredients for me to make my famous ‘ Ensaladilla Rusa – Russian Salad ‘ – boiled Potatoes & Eggs, cooked Baby Carrots & Garden Peas, as well as the Tuna & Red Pimento, I dice the Potatoes into small cubes, chop the Carrots & Red Pimentos, flake up the Tuna & crush the hard boiled ‘Campo’ Eggs, all seasoned – then all the ingredients are tossed in a large salad bowl with the Mayonnaise, it’s a ‘ Classic ‘ Russian Salad’ with taste & texture.

See below;

We have another beautiful day down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol ‘ – the sun was out early and the sky is bright blue, there is just a very slight breeze, making it perfect to be out & about, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 27 degs+ - the rest of the week and over the weekend gets warmer each day, by Sunday into the mid 30s at times!  Watch this space.


See below ' Spain' today!

See below over in North Wales, this morning, Llandudno in ‘ full-bloom’

Next week is going to be a ‘ hot-one’ – leading up to Brenda’s special ‘ Birthday’ ( 75!) - a week on Friday, we have no plans at the moment, we will plan something nearer the time, I have given her a few options, watch this space.

The menus for the week have been agreed; this evening we are having ‘ Minute Steaks’ – smeared with Dijon Mustard, then flashed on a very hot griddle-plate ‘ Rare ‘ – garnished with seared Button Mushrooms and topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg,  accompanied with finely sliced ‘ French’ Green Beans and twice-cooked ‘ Frits’ – on Wednesday it’s going to be ‘Pan-Seared Lambs Liver’ with crispy Smoked Bacon and Grilled English Pork Sausages, Thursday we are having Cold Smoked Ham & Russian Salad, then on Friday, for a change, I’m going to make my version of the classic ‘ Fish Pie’ – Saturday, as usual it’s ‘ Steak Night ‘ and then on Sunday it’s still TBC, watch this space.

This evening before supper we are walking down to the local surgery as we have our appointments with the ‘ Council Chiropodist ‘ – we go to see her every couple of months, it’s free for Pensioners!

After supper we will be channel hopping to find something to watch.








PS; We have just spoken to Sandra over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, on the ' Skype' video as Lyn's son Jeff and his wife Annette are staying with her, they are going out for the day to see the Niagara Falls, they are staying for a week in the Toronto area, later in the week the folks are flying across to Edmonton to meet up with their daughter Kate, who lives and works there! 


See below a picture taken yesterday of Sandra.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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