A VERY ' FRESH' & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 7^th/ JANUARY 2020.

We just had a short lie in this morning before getting the day on the go, after freshening up we had our regular light breakfast of fresh fruit ( sliced Banana) toast & tea, Brenda then popped along to the local Chemists in ‘ Calle Mar’ for her prescription tablets and to post a card, picking up a stamp from the ‘ Tabac’s’ and then posting the card in the Post Box outside the Town Hall.

As we were getting ourselves sorted we were listening, as usual, to the ‘ Andrew Charles breakfast Show’ on “ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on the WWW “ as the ‘ Music Quiz’ came on for the first time, I sent in a quick guess, which was not correct, then on the second play of the 9 second track Brenda got it straight away, it was ‘Sandie Shaw’ with the classic ‘Puppet on a String’ from 1967! So she is in the draw on Friday morning!!

As she came back down the street ‘ Chispa’ came running up and crashed in, fully back to her normal lively self, ‘ Scruffy’ is back with us on Thursday evening for a sleep-over as Adrian is at the ‘ Costa De Sol Hospital ‘ for a ‘ Heart’ extended drip treatment on Friday.

We are then taking down all the ‘ Christmas Decorations/Lights’ as well as the ‘Father Christmas’s’ outside the house, when I say ‘ We’ I mean Brenda, who shouts for my help when needed!

Meanwhile over in Melbourne, Australia Lyn has been visiting Jack in the 'Respite Home'  - he is looking a lot better, as you can see below, we will call her later this week to see how things are, please stay safe & sound, wishing all the extended ' Family' all the very best for 2020, thanks to ' Deb' for the Xmas card that arrived yesterday! 

We have a glorious morning down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ in sunny Manilva, the sun broke through first thing and the sky is bright blue and clear and cloudless as there is light cooling breeze, so by lunchtime it’s due to only reach 15 degs+ - overnight down to 9 degs+ - the rest of the week is now looking the same, mainly sunny with a few patchy clouds , hovering in the mid ‘ teens’ with now just a small chance of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ on Saturday as the breeze picks up, then on Sunday when we are out with our dear friend ‘ Joyce Baby’ it’s now looking dry! Next week is going to be very similar, staying cool and sunny with just the chance of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ returning, hovering on the 14/16 degs mark, still below 10 degs during the night, watch this space.

This evening for our supper we are having ‘Pan-Seared Escalope’s of Chicken ‘ – coated in breadcrumbs from the local Bakery, cooked until crisp & golden, resting on a pool of ‘Tomato’ salsa and served ‘ Holstein’ style – topped with Anchovy Fillets, Capers and ‘ Campo Fried Eggs, garnished with seared Button Mushrooms, with whole Baby ‘ French’ Green Beans and triple-cooked ‘ Frits!

Tomorrow  it’s going to be a ‘ Pork & Mushroom Creamy ‘ Tarragon’ Casserole ‘ – using sliced Pork Loin, with a selection of fresh, local Vegetables, Thursday will be a ‘ Left-Over’s’ day, then on Friday we will have a ‘ Fish Supper’ – Saturday will be our usual ‘ Steak Night’ – as on Sunday we are going to book a table for our ‘Sunday Roast Lunch’ with ‘ Joyce Baby’ ( who is Vegetarian) at “ La Taberna 2 “ down in Castillo de la Duquesa!

After supper we will settle down to watch the first two-part episode ( 2^nd tomorrow night)  of the excellent “ Silent Witness  “ which returns this evening with a new series.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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