A VERY COLD & DAMP SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 30^th/ JANUARY 2019.

We had a nice long lie in this morning as the village is, as usual, is very quiet, we then freshened up and had our regular breakfast of toast & tea, before getting the day on the go. ‘Chispa’ has just called in to see us, as at the moment it’s still dry, she has just had her bath and smells like a little ‘ Tart’!

Last night on the Canadian news ( CNN Toronto) on ‘Facebook’ - that we follow, is showed the severe snow falls and extremely low freezing temperatures that they are having ( ­­- 30 degs!) as well as over all of Ontario, we have sent a message to Sandra & Bill to take care when they are out & about, Sandra going to work and Bill working in it! ‘ Stay Safe & Warm ‘ !!


See below Everett, Ontario,  this morning !

Over in the UK it's " White-Out Wednesday " as they have  2 inches of Snow!! 

Meanwhile over in Melbourne & Australia the folks are in the height of their summer, with the temperatures reaching 40 degs+ - they are having to use their air-conditioning all the time! ‘ Keep Cool at all Times ‘ !!

Down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ overnight it turned a little damp, as forecast, this morning it’s very cold, by our standards, windy and the ‘ wet-stuff’ is in the air, by lunchtime it will be only 15 degs, the rain is hitting us later and over the next couple of days, I’m going to get wet when I’m out on my travels on Friday morning for the weekly shopping, a stronger wind will be blowing also, bringing in a new warmer weather front over the weekend, we are then in for a warmer and sunny Saturday & Sunday, next week is looking dry & settled, with patchy clouds but mostly warm & sunny, hovering in the high ‘ teens’ reaching 20 degs+! – overnight up to 10 degs!!  The ‘ Sun’ will be back in sunny Manilva ! Watch this space.

Yesterday over in North Wales in Colwyn Bay the beach turned ‘ White’ as they had snow, during our 13 years at the ‘ Hotel Seventy Degrees ‘ we only had Snow once, inland at our house in ‘Rhyd-Y-Foel’ - 2 miles away, it was 2/3 feet thick! See below the beach.

This evening for our supper I’m preparing later a ‘ Casserole of Sliced Beef’ in a rich ‘ Red Wine( thanks Brenda!) Onion & Mushroom Salsa’ – accompanied with Brenda’s famous ‘ Mashed Potato’ and a small selection of fresh local Vegetables  ‘ Comfort Food for the Gods ’ – on Thursday Brenda is having her favourite ‘Cheese Omelette’ I will have mine, ‘ Omelette Paysanne ‘ – made with a filling of small diced assorted vegetables & potatoes. Our ‘ Friday Fish Night’ is going to be my version/recipe’ of the classic ‘ Fish Pie ‘ – using assorted fish & seafood.

Just a quick reminder to all our family & friends all over the World, please when you are out & about, send us a ‘ Postcard ‘ of where you have been, you then get one back from sunny Manilva or the ‘ Costa Del Sol’! See below one of our three boards !! 

This evening after supper will be settling down to catch up with all the news, then channel hopping to find something to watch, over February there are lots of old series coming back, watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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