SUNDAY 19th/ APRIL 2020. “
STATE OF ALARM DAY 36 “
After a little lie in this morning, we
freshened up and had a quick fresh fruit ( sliced Banana) toast and tea before
getting into the 6th week of ‘ LOCKDOWN’ !
Before typing/ posting today’s Blog I
sorted out today’s supper, with the help of the ‘ Second Chef’ – I prepared my
now famous ‘ Boulangere’ Potatoes – as usual ‘ hand-cutting’ the three layers
of Potatoes, ready to go in a very hot oven this evening, meanwhile the ‘
Second Chef’ after peeling the Potatoes, was preparing the ‘ Broccoli &
Cauliflower Florets in a three Cheese sauce, Crushed Baby Carrots &
Turnips, Creamed Baby Leeks and Garden Peas’ – I marinated the ‘ Spanish Lamb
Steaks/Cutlets’ yesterday evening, I will ‘ flash-cook’ them this evening and
then place them on top of the ‘ Boulangere ‘ Potatoes, as they crisp-off!
As we got up this morning we had another
beautiful day here in sunny Manilva, down on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – the sun had
broken through earlier and the sky was bright blue with a few patchy clouds,
there was a good breeze so by lunchtime it’s due to reach 20 degs+ - overnight
down to 13 degs+ - next week is now looking more settled as the breeze drops,
staying mainly dry & sunny, hovering in the high ‘ teens’ – up to 21 degs+
by the end of the week, with just the small chance of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’
returning at times, the following week, staying dry & sunny for all of the
week, with a few patchy clouds, in the low 20s! Watch this space.
“ CORONAVIRUS UPDATE – COVID 19 - PANDEMIC “
The first main news here in Spain is that
Pedro Sanchez, the Prime Minister ( more like a President!) is going to the ‘
Congress’ – Parliament – to seek approval for his ‘ National’ coalition
government to extend the ‘ Lockdown’ to May 11th – as predicted,
then from May 11th there would be a ‘ cautious and progressive’ de-escalation
of the confinement measures, in the 17 regions. From tomorrow children (up to
12?!) will be allowed to leave the home under controlled circumstances, to be
announced later. Watch this space.
The two main things that we miss at the
moment are of course going out for walks with all the dogs, sitting outside in
the sunshine having a nice cool drink, taking in the sights & sounds of
sunny Manilva, the other is not having any fresh flowers in the lounge and
plants all the twelve wall pots on the front of our house! Watch this space.
Yesterday lunchtime we made contact with
Tim & Thea up in magical (cloudy) Mojacar on the ‘ Skype’ video, they are
both fine & well, as well as Jo, over in Dubai ( 31 degs+!) and Ben in Manchester
( colder!) They are passing their time on large ‘Jigsaw Puzzles ‘ as at the
moment they only have Spanish TV! ‘ Stay
Positive at all Times ‘
See below the ' Worlds' largest ' Jigsaw Puzzle' - with 31,300 pieces, it shows 27 ' wonders' from around the World, split into 27 puzzles, which then interlock, you need a space of 28 by 6 feet (approx) and it costs $ 600! ' GO FOR IT ' !
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STAY SAFE & SOUND INSIDE AT ALL TIMES “
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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