A WET & OVERCAST SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 29^th/ DECEMBER 2015.

We all had a little lie in this morning despite the workmen on the site banging away and the surprise of the sound of the ‘ Wet Stuff – Heavy ‘RAIN’ falling, it was not forecast and very unexpected to say the least, on yesterdays forecast on ‘TVE 1’ it was fine and dry and getting warmer with the sun out for the next two days, with the threat of rain on New Years Eve?! This afternoon the sun returned to sunny Manilva,the sky is blue and we are back to normal, for now!

So we wrapped up and took ‘Barney & Charlie’ out for their first walk of the day just as the rain let up a bit, we put the towels down for when we returned as particularly ‘Charlie’ who is a ‘ Water Dog’ likes to shake himself dry! Meanwhile little princess ‘Reina’ kept herself out of the way her in her ‘Day Duvet’ after sleeping all night in her ‘Night Duvet’ She’s settled in very well and gets on with all the other dogs, in fact she was kissing ‘Charlie’ last night! See her picture below, she has just posted a message on her own ‘Blog’ for her Mum & Dad over in New York where its snowing!!

                                      See below a picture of 'Grand Central Terminal/ Station' in New York today!

After breakfast of ‘Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’ with a mug of steaming tea, just right for a wet morning in sunny Manilva, we then feed all of the three dogs with their particular meals as well as giving ‘Charlie’ his tablet, they line up and sit waiting!

I then made the ‘Fricassee Sauce’ for tonight supper, I sweat off small diced Onions, Leeks, Celery, Carrots, Mushrooms, Red, Green & Yellow Peppers along with a little Garlic, Tarragon and the secret ingredients,  with a good slug of White Wine ( thanks Brenda !) - then I add a rich Chicken & Vegetable stock and leave to simmer and cook under the supervision of the ‘Second Chef ‘ Brenda! 

This evening I will add the cream and adjust the seasoning and consistency before adding the diced cooked Turkey with some Garden Peas and chopped Parsley. We are having plain ‘Basmati Rice’ with some Diamond Cut Green Beans.See below.

Last night after our supper we channel hopped and we then watched back to back episodes of the first series of  “ New Tricks “ using the new web-site that Andy installed on the TV computer system.

PS; ' Barny' has just been collected a day early - he will be back in the New Year.

PPS; We have just had a surprise phone call from a dear friend from the past when we first arrived down here all those years ago, 'Vidal' - he has just come back from Trinidad after seeing his mother ( 95) He's still playing down here,we see his brothers name, playing at one of our old favourite restaurants on the far side of Marbella, we have many happy memories of our time in the Motor Home and all the help he gave us, all the very best for 2016 and we look forward to seeing you again for a good catch up!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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