A VERY WINDY BUT STILL HOT AND SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 29^th/ JULY 2014.

We had a nice roll-over lie in this morning as it’s our last chance this week as we are busy with ‘Doggy World Heaven’ right up to Sunday; yesterday evening and then later during the night an un-forecasted strong wind got up which rattled the shutters and generally made a lot of noise down our street which acts as a funnel in either direction.

It’s still warm and sunny which is the most important thing, the stiff breeze makes it rather pleasant. The forecast for the rest of the week is more of the same and as the wind drops it’s getting hotter again; yesterday up in the Barcelona region they had cloud bursts and floods, the back end of what has been hitting England over the weekend.

So today it’s an at home day getting ourselves up to date, Brenda is washing, drying and ironing as well as cleaning, polishing and tidying – it’s another ‘Ing!’ day in sunny Manilva; meanwhile I’ am up in the office on the WWW. putting the world to rights! We had our weekly menu planning meeting this morning, the ‘Ing’s!’ have started again!

I’ve just come back from the butchers and greengrocers with some very nice ‘Pork Chops’ cut English style and fresh local Campo Red and Green Peppers; I’ am grilling the Pork Chops and making ‘Breton style Potatoes with the peppers, the vegetable department is producing Cabbage with fresh local Campo Alselgas and Carrot Batons with Ginger to go with the chops, on the side will be some of yesterdays Tomato salsa. Tomorrow night we are having pan-fried Chicken Wings with a dipping sauce, Baked Potato and Mixed salad.

On Thursday its ‘Omelet’ night and then on Friday we are out for an early dinner at Claus & Doreen’s villa with Bruno & Kathrin joining the party as they have arrived from England after a memorable journey down to the ‘Costa Del Sol’ – on the menu is “ Tapfelspitz mit Meerrettichsosse ” – we can’t wait – it’s meat as they have ordered it from their butchers in Estepona market!

At lunchtime Mano & Anna called in for a chat and gossip.

At the moment ‘Chispa’ is playing around my feet up in the office, she comes calling most days and at this time of the year she also comes crashing in later on in the evening when we least expect it, the door is always open so she rushes in and jumps across the two settees onto our laps – without us hearing her coming! Sadly we are not able to take her for long walks around the village at the moment but she does join us with ‘Scruffy’ or ‘Reina’ for their walks. See the pictures below of the three dogs in our life here in “ Doggy World Heaven ” !!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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