A ' FRESH' AND NOW WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY.

THURSDAY 30^th/ MAY 2019.

I was up early this morning to welcome back little princess ‘ Reina’ for the day, she was dropped off by Lee, as Daniela is away in London on business and her parents are over in the UK visiting family, Lee is going to join us for a ‘ Fish n’ Chip Supper ‘ tomorrow evening, as ‘Reina’ is back on Friday also, she shot into her duvet, as usual, she keeps to herself and is very easy to look after.

On Sunday morning, early, ‘Lolo’ is being dropped off by ‘Marta’ for her  extended summer break, as her folks are going on holiday to Mexico, she will bring her bed with her etc, all the locals know her, as ‘Marta’ is from a Manilva family and works at the local Surgery, as the ‘Senior Medic’ on the ambulance.

We then had a little lie in before getting the day on the go, after freshening up as I was on the breakfast rota I had a ‘Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – again, for a change, not toasted, but on soft buttered white bread, smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce – open on brown toast for Brenda & ‘Reina’! Not forgetting the mugs of strong/hot ‘PG’ Tips Tea.

This morning started a little grey & overcast, but as the breeze stiffened, the clouds have cleared and the sun has broken through and the sky is now blue, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 23 degs+ tomorrow and over the weekend going a little warmer each day, next week, on Monday/Tuesday hovering on the 30 degs+ mark, staying warm & sunny, with a few patchy clouds, for the rest of the week and next weekend, as it goes a little cooler, as the breeze pick up, dropping again to the low 20s, watch this space.

See below a spectacular view over Liverpool yesterday evening at dusk.

Over in Liverpool during the weekend the old “ MV Daffodil “ the ‘Mersey Ferry’ boat, built at ‘Cammell Laird’s’ in Birkenhead, back in 1962, was towed into a cradle/hoist, to be refitted etc and then will become a static, floating, leisure attraction at a new berth in the  ‘Canning Dock’ Originally she was named the “ MV Overchurch “ – then in 1998 after a major refit she was renamed the “ MV Daffodil “ – withdrawn from service in 2012, the ‘ Daff ‘ as she is affectionately by Ferries staff and enthusiasts, ‘ Lives-On ‘!

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Last night after supper we watched the ‘UEFA Europe League Cup Final ‘ over in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a not surprisingly half-full stadium, it's after all 2,500 miles away, by the Caspian Sea, with no direct flights, as Chelsea, emphatically, beat a very poor Arsenal 4-1.

For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Omelettes of Choice ‘ – Cheese ( grated Mature Cheddar/Parmesan)  for Brenda and ‘Paysanne’ ( small diced/sautéed Potato, Shallots, Ham, Peas etc) for me, with finely sliced ‘French’ Green Beans and Baked Potatoes.

 Friday is our ‘ Fish n’ Chip Supper Night ‘ – Saturday will be a ‘ Steak Night’ and then on Sunday, no ‘Roast’ as I’m making my now famous ‘Smoked Chicken & Three Green Bean Risotto ‘!

We will be catching up with all the ‘Quiz Shows’ that we follow later, last night we watched, at the same time as the football, the final episode of “ The Blitz: Britain on Fire “ – the most moving so far, as it updated all the stories that is showed, the mother, who survived, but lost her young baby and two of her sons, when I bomb had a direct hit on the ‘Anderson’ shelter that she was in, the celebrity couple, who stayed in their house and were killed, the Captain of the ‘ SS Marakand’ who survived the large blast, despite standing only 100 feet away, he carried on at sea and retired to the Wirral!  

The ‘Senior Doctor & Matron’- despite both being badly injured, and carrying on working, who survived the parachute bomb hitting their Hospital, killing over 80 patients & staff, especially in the ‘Maternity Ward’ where mothers & babies died, one mother survived and found her baby boy, she made her way home, with help, across Liverpool to her house, just in her nightdress, with bare feet, where her young daughter welcomed her back. It was her telling the story 78 years later, sat on a settee, as the picture widened her younger brother was sat next to her! The ‘ Baby’ rescued from the ‘Maternity Ward’!!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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