WEDNESDAY 8th/ JANUARY 2020.
We had a another lie in this morning as the
village is still very quiet after the ‘Bank Holiday’ weekend, the children have
not gone back to school yet, no deliveries down out street and the neighbours
are staying inside as it’s a little cool for them in the morning!
After freshening up as I was on the
breakfast rota I had my favourite ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ –
smothered in ‘ HP’ Brown sauce- open on brown for Brenda, with sliced Baby
Mushrooms seared in the bacon juices with a knob of butter, for Brenda, some of
which ended up on my Butty! Mugs of hot/strong tea helped to wash them down!!
Tomorrow morning in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’
we now have little’ Miss Bella’ back with us for the day, later in the evening ‘
Scruffy’ is joining us for a sleep-over.
This morning has started again, bright
& sunny, the sky has cleared and is blue, there is a light ‘ fresh’ breeze
so by lunchtime it’s forecast to reach 18 degs+ still down to 9 degs during the
night, a little cool for the time of the year, down here on the ‘ Costa De Sol ‘!
Over the next couple of days and the weekend it’s staying the same, if a little
cooler as the breeze stiffens, with just a small chance of ‘ Wet- Stuff’ in the
air, so hopefully it will be dry on Sunday when we are out with our dear friend
‘ Joyce Baby’ Next week is now looking more unsettled as the next cold, wet
& windy ‘ Atlantic’ front comes in, hovering in the mid ‘ teens’ but with
patchy to moderate rain over the whole week, with sunny spells, watch this
space.
Overnight we had an ‘ E-Mail’ from some
very dear friends that we have not heard
from for some time, except for Birthday/Xmas cards, Zoe & Graham, over in
Marple Bridge in Stockport, Zoe worked for us at the ‘ Hotel Seventy Degrees’
as our ‘ Sales & Marketing Manager, and Graham was a ‘ Captain’ on
executive/luxury yachts! We have had a good ‘ catch up’ with all their news and are arranging a ‘ Facetime’ link-up ASAP!
After breakfast I then got this evenings
supper on the go; a “ Pork & Mushroom ‘ Tarragon Casserole “ – made with
sliced Pork Loin, that I dust in seasoned flour and brown-off, at the same time
I made the sauce, sweating off diced Onion, Shallots & Garlic, and lots of
Tarragon Herbs, with a dash of ‘Lea & Perrins & Tabasco’ - with a good
glug of White Wine, adding small diced Carrots, Leeks, Celery, Green Beans
& Turnips, along with small Baby Mushrooms (Tinned) – all left to cook off
after adding a rich ‘ Chicken & Meat Stock’ – then adjusting the seasoning
to taste as well as the consistency, before coating the ‘Pork’ in the large
casserole dish, with the sauce, ready to go in the oven this evening, served
with whole Baby Carrots ‘ en branch’ & Garden Peas, with Parsley New Potatoes.
Yesterday evening after supper we watched
the first episode of the two-part( 2nd this evening) of the new
series of “ Silent Witness’ on BBC TV 1 – a very gripping and harrowing ‘Private
Jet Crash ‘ with a former US ambassador on board, as well as young boy, who
survived, does he know anything ! Did terrorists cause the crash, who is the
mystery passenger, a suicide looks suspicious, another mysterious suicidal man
appears, and the partner of Nikki, a ‘ CIA’ man, is acting strange ‘! Watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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