MONDAY 2nd/ SEPTEMBER 2019.
We had a nice surprise lie in this morning,
as little ‘ Miss Bella’ was not being dropped off until 10-30am, she’s back
tomorrow, as usual, earlier in the morning, ‘ Scruffy’ has just be dropped off,
for few hours, as Adrian has another appointment at the ‘ Costa Del Sol
Hospital’- then on Wednesday ‘ Scoobie’ is back with us in ‘Doggy World Heaven’
for a short 5 day break, ‘Chispa’ will no doubt be in & out to see all her
friend!
Today here in sunny Manilva it’s a well-needed
local ‘Bank Holiday’ after the ‘ Vendemia Wine Festival’ weekend, the good news
is that the ‘ Council Cleansing’ workmen are not off and are busy cleaning all
the rubbish away along ‘Calle Mar’- with
our friend & neighbour, Antonio, in charge, before washing down all the
streets! From tomorrow all the decorations will be taken down as well as all
the temporary scaffolding/stages and covers, we will then see if the ‘Canopy’ along
‘Calle Mar’ is also being cut down, watch this space!
See below ‘ Calle Mar’- later this morning,
after they had finished the cleaning!
Yesterday we went out later, in the
afternoon, to watch and take some pictures of the ‘Andalusian’ horse display, that usually and
as advertised takes place around 5-00 pm, we bumped into ‘ Big’ Brian & Andrea,
with two of Brian’s Swedish friends, his first wife was Swedish, he has a 21
years old daughter, his second wife , Lilly, was Finnish, who we met when we
first arrived down here in sunny Manilva, back in 2006!
See below ‘ Big’ Brian & Andrea in ‘Fine
Spirits’!
While all this was happening I spotted
another friend, Valentina, who works for the Council, she is from Romania and
had a Spanish degree, and I asked her to
confirm the translation of a document that appeared on the door of the
underground car park last week, where we pay annually, to park our car, she
confirmed that it’s due to close on the 31st October and will be only for ‘ Council’ workers and
their cars??!!
See the document below;
I was furious and so took the opportunity
to ask Alba (see below) at the same time ‘ What’s going on with the car park?! –
she confirmed that it’s for cleaning/repairs etc and then I will be able to
re-apply for my spot!! I’m still not
convinced, so I will be speaking to our neighbour, Mario, the Mayor, to confirm
‘What is going on’?!- as well as ‘ What is happening to the Canopy’?! Watch this space.
See below Mario, the Mayor, waiting to be interrogated
by me!!
We waited & waited and no horse’s
arrived by 6-00 pm! I then spotted one of the new ‘Councillors, Alba, and asked
her ‘ Where are they ’?! – only to be told that the parade took place earlier
in the afternoon at 1-00pm?! Brenda heard the sirens and thought it was an Ambulance,
it was the Police, leading the parade!! So no pictures, so far! Watch this
space.
PS; I found one!
PS; I found one!
This morning the sun was out early and as
there is a light breeze the sky is cloudless & blue, by lunchtime it’s due
to reach 29 degs+ - the rest of the week is going a little cooler, each day, as
the breeze stiffens, with a few patchy clouds hanging around, hovering on the
25/26 degs mark, overnight still only down to 20/21 degs+! next week is starting the same then going back
up to 31 degs+ by next Wednesday, watch this space.
Over the ‘Vendemia Wine Festival’ weekend we
had for our supper, on Saturday evening the ‘ Beef & Vegetable Stew ‘ and
then last night it was ‘Lob Scouse’ – after adding more diced boiled potatoes,
both with pickled Beetroot, the Beef, from our local Butcher, was very tasty
and succulent, and if I do say so myself, both were a ‘ Gourmet’ delight! This evening
it’s going to be ‘ Escalope’s of Chicken Breast’ pan-seared on the hot griddle
plate, garnished with seared Button Mushrooms and finished with a ‘Lime &
Balsamic Butter’- served with finely sliced ‘ French’ Green Beans and for the
first time in a while, Baked Potato thick-cut slices sautéed in foaming Butter!
The rest of the week we are still taking things one day at the time, on the ‘Menu’
planning, watch this space.
Yesterday evening we settled down to watch
the next exciting & gripping episode of “ Peaky Blinders “ despite the
latest ‘ Rock Band’ on the stage at the top of our street, ‘Banging Out’ – at ‘Full
Volume’ all the old ‘Spanish’ rock classics, until surprisingly the local
Police stopped all the music, early?! We don’t know why as it usually goes on until
midnight on a ‘ Vendimia’ Sunday!
As usual in “ Peaky Blinders “ there were shooting, beatings, fights and ‘hot
tar’ being poured over one chap! The ‘ Billy Boy’s ’from Glasgow, are seeking
revenge on the ‘Peaky Blinders’ – watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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