MANILVA THIS WEEK.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY 10^th/11^th NOVEMBER 2011.

Thursday morning was the best day of the week ,so far, the sun was out early and we had clear blue skies; Brenda had arranged for Cheta to have a shampoo and tidy up at the vets in Calle Mar just around the corner from the house in the morning. The pictures are below after she came back and joined Brenda on the exercise bike ! I caught up with the WWW. and sent some messages on Facebook as later Brenda was able to go out on the roof terrace to take in the sunshine. In the evening after supper we watched a good film in English on the Divinity Channel; it shows a lot of programmes in English all the time including Sex and the City back to back episodes ! The film was a Bruce Willis one that we had not seen before “ Hostage ” which was a typically Willis all action film with a twist.

First thing on Friday morning we went for the bus to go down to Sabinillas to do the weekend shopping and as usual were given a lift by a friendly stranger; we picked up the English local papers from the English Book and Card shop and at the same time some of the Xmas Cards – watch out they will be in the post ! At the supermarket we also bought some new Xmas table decorations and napkins, this Christmas is looking to be a lot quieter than last when we had Brian and Lilli and the Guerrero clan join us on Xmas Day and Boxing Day, all the Guerrero’s are working, we think, except Anna ! and of course Brain and Lilli will be having a cold and white Christmas up in Pori in Finland !! The Armistice Day does not mean anything locally, we spent all day explaining our Poppies ! but the 11 – 11 – 11 date was on the news and in all the papers, they even had a special National Lottery for it !Our little reminder and tribute below says it all – We will remember them. When we got back, by taxi this time, as we had too much shopping to carry, we then walked Cheta down to the local market in the village by the sports complex and picked up some flowers; as we came to the Fruit and Vegetable stall we saw standing in front of it the biggest vegetable that we have ever seen, it turned out to be the mysterious vegetable that out next door neighbour Anna gave us in the middle of the week, it is called a ‘ Calabaza ’and is a member of the Pumpkin family but not as we know them, the one in the picture above stood over six feet high before it was cut into slices !! Next to the market the new Social Services office is nearing completion, they were putting the very impressive glass front up as we passed as you can see in the picture above. In the evening for supper we had something a little different; on Wednesday we picked up from the English section in Supersol Youngs frozen Haddock fillets in crispy batter and a tin of Mushy Peas, so along with fresh Chips we had ‘ Fish, Chips and Peas ’ a la chip shop, but not in paper !

Thought for the Day;

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

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