A VERY CALM & WARM SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 30^th/ OCTOBER 2019.

Just a little lie in this morning, as we were freshening up we were listening to the ‘ Andrew Charles Breakfast Show’ on “ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW “ as the ‘ Music Quiz’ came back on, it was a six second opening ‘ Riff’ which ‘ Lady’ Brenda got straight away before, he gave the cryptic clues,  it was ‘The Beatles ‘ with ‘ I Feel Fine’ – so she is in the draw, again, on Friday morning!

I will not be out on my travels on Friday morning, as usual as it’s a ‘National Bank Holiday’ – for “ Dia de Todos los Santos – All Saints’ Day “ I’m going tomorrow morning instead, for our weekly shopping.

Brenda then took ‘ Sunny out for her first walk of the day, around the bottom of the village, she’s settled in very well and is into our routine, she has a good appetite and is very friendly & loving, she is sleeping all night downstairs on the settees, she then lets us know when it’s time to go out! We are going to miss her on Sunday, when she is due to be picked up by Simone, she is back with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ at the start of December for a short holiday.

We then had our normal light breakfast of ‘ Weetabix’ with sliced banana, for me, brown toast & sliced banana for Brenda, with mugs of strong tea.

I then got this evenings supper on the go, with the help of the ‘ Second Chef’ – a “ Chicken & Mushroom ‘ Tarragon’ Pie “ – the diced breast, leg & thigh are dusted in seasoned flour( Salt & Pepper & Tarragon)  and lightly browned-off, I, at the same time, sweat-off the finely diced Onions, Shallots & Garlic, with lots of Tarragon Herbs, in a good ‘ slug’ of White Wine, adding a dash of ‘ Lea & Perrins & Tabasco’ and ‘Tomato Frito’ – before adding the finely diced Carrots, Leeks & Celery, along with Baby Mushrooms( tinned) with Garden Peas & chopped Parsley, the Chicken is then added with a rich ‘ Chicken & Vegetable’ stock, the seasoning and consistency is adjusted, then it’s left to cook-off under the eye of the ‘ Second Chef’ – before pouring it into a large Casserole Dish, with a upturned ‘Egg Cup’ in the middle, this evening I will roll-out the ‘Puff Pastry ‘ ( Ready-Made) and decorate the top, before brushing with Egg wash, to go in the oven to bake and finish cooking. Served with Glazed Carrot Batons & whole ‘ French’ Green Beans and ‘ Pommes de Terre Rissolees ‘ – Baby New Potatoes, in their skins, tossed in foaming Parsley Butter, until crisp & golden!

The sun was out first thing this morning, there is a light breeze, clearing the patchy clouds away, so by lunchtime it will reach 26 degs+ going up to 27 degs+ by Friday, staying overnight up at 17/18 degs, then on Saturday, as the cold & windy ‘ Atlantic’ front comes in, it’s going to drop back down to 20 degs, by Sunday, with the ‘Wet-Stuff’ in the air, next week is now looking mainly wet, with patchy to moderate rain, staying  cold and unsettled, with lots of clouds hanging around, hovering on the 17/18 degs mark, overnight down to 11/12 degs – very unseasonal, the following week is forecast to be dry but colder, watch this space.

We are taking things very easy today, relaxing and basically doing nothing, because we can!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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