MANILVA THIS WEEK.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY 29th/30th DECEMBER 2011.

Well the weather at the moment is just gorgeous and the forecast for the New Year weekend is more of the same; after a long walk with Cheta, on Thursday morning, we came back to the house and gave her feet a little ‘Dobby’ to smarten her up; Brenda was up on the roof terrace all afternoon and caught the sun on her front this time! Meanwhile I started watching on the BBCIPlayer “Great Expectations” and caught the first two episodes; as usual it is the BBC at its best; the cast is just right, with Ray Winston and Gillian Anderson in the main roles and the lavish adaptation is mesmerizing- more to come. As it is the holiday period it is also film time on all the channels and so we are watching more, especially with our language changer working! “ Gandhi ” was very good with Ben Kingsley in the main role and directed by Richard Attenborough-in another life we did not have the time to watch films from start to finish so we are making up now! We are also into ‘Poldark ’as it is on at a time in the early evening when we can watch it, episode after episode! Last night we watched a terrific film “Zodiac”which is about two San Francisco journalists’s played by Jake Gillenhall and Robert Downey Jnr, who are obsessed with trying to track down a serial killer, the story starts in 1969 and comes to an end in 2002! I won’t spoil it for you anymore but the surprise at the end is that it is a true story!!
For supper we had something a little different, Brenda had ‘Confit of Duck Leg ’ I am not a great lover of Duck and I had ‘Albondegas,Meatballs, in Tomato Sauce’ which I had made earlier in the day.

Today, Friday, we went down to Sabinillas to top up the store cupboard; we got a lift down and a lift back so it did not take us long, we then walked down to the market in the village for fresh flowers and vegetables and fruit and on the way back stopped at the butchers for our Saturday night steak ! We have treated ourselves to another whole ‘Rodalballo’ Turbot for tonight’s dinner; Brenda is having it with Fresh Asparagus and I’m having Garden Peas, we have also got some lovely small New Potatoes which we have found in a wholesale vegetable supplier down in Sabinillas. The latest picture below at the top is Amelia’s, Juan wife and Mano’s best friend, window display in her shop in the village, the council is running a competition for the best one – Watch this space.

PS; The Turbot was in Brenda's words ' Amazing '


Thought for the Day;


I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ‘Gandhi ’



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