A VERY WET, GREY, OVERCAST AND COLD SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY.

SUNDAY 18^th/ NOVEMBER 2018.

We had another long lie in this morning after a good night’s sleep, after freshening up it was time for fresh fruit, toast & tea to set us up for the day ahead. Brenda is washing/shampooing her hair and I’m up in the office/studio on the ‘WWW’ before typing/posting today’s Blog.

Overnight the forecasted rain storm didn’t hit us, the ‘ Costa del Sol’ and adjacent area is on ‘ ORANGE ALERT’ for the next 24 hours, the ‘wet-stuff’ started this morning and as we got up the heavens opened, with thunder in the distance, it looks like it’s in for the rest of the day, it’s grey & overcast with lots of black clouds, the overall temperatures are hovering on the 16 degs+ mark, overnight down to 12 degs, very unseasonal! Next week it’s forecast to be raining everyday, heavy at times, with no change in the temperatures, even going a little cooler by next weekend, the following week is looking a little better, with the sign of some sunshine ( what’s that?) Watch this space.

Early this evening we are contacting Sandra & Bill on the ‘ Skype’ video, the time difference is still 6 hours, so we call at 6-00 pm here, mid-day over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, hopefully this time with a better much  better connection, weather permitting! Watch this space.

This evening for our supper we are having ‘ Baked Pork Chops ‘ (English) – topped with a Mixed Herb Crust, I sear them on a very hot griddle-plate before smearing the Crust on, then they are baked in a hot oven with ‘ Fuji ‘ Apple Slices, with the ‘ Crackling’ separate, accompanied with a sauceboat of a rich Oxtail Gravy, the ‘ Vegetables Chef ‘ is preparing Glazed Carrot Batons with Ginger, Cauliflower Florets ‘ Mornay ‘ - whole ‘ French’ Green Beans & Garden Peas, as well as Boiled Potatoes, which I will then finish ‘ Breton ‘ style, diced & tossed with chopped Shallots, Red, Green, & Yellow Peppers.

Just a quick update on the Rugby results; Wales won 74- 24 against Tonga, England beat Japan 35-15 in a hard-fought game, the ‘ World Cup ‘ is in Japan next year, Scotland lost to South Africa 20-26 and over in Dublin Ireland held their nerve to earn their first home win over the ‘ All Black – New Zealand’ 16-9 – with the help of Johnny Sexton! – a possible ‘World Player of the Year’!!

It’s definightly a ‘stay at home’ day, - we will relax and take things very easy, basically doing nothing, because we can, next week we have no appointments etc, I will only need to go out on my travels for the weekly shopping on Friday, in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’ we are also very quiet, little princess ‘Reina’ who is back with us on Friday morning, for the day and a sleep-over, otherwise all our regular guests ( 4) are booked in for December! Watch this space.

Thought for the Day; See above.

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MANILVA ON SUNDAY

SUNDAY 3^rd/ MARCH 2013.

After a nice lie in on Sunday morning we had our tea and toast and then got our dinner ready – I made the ‘Boulangere’ Potatoes and Brenda prepared her vegetables; the weather as forecast was overcast and cloudy and as I’ am typing this the rain is pouring down and is in for three/four days at the least – this week I have two appointments at the hospital over in Marbella, one on Tuesday with the Kidney consultant and one on Thursday with the Dermatology consultant, meanwhile on Wednesday Brenda is having the full works down at her hairdressers in Sabinillas – she says that she is going in for an ‘Operation’ as it is such a long time since the last one and it needs a serious sort out! At lunchtime we had some ‘Campo’ scrambled Eggs on Toast, they are bright Orange and you need sunglasses!

In the afternoon we settled down and watched the afternoon classic film – “Master and Commander – The Far Side of the World” from 2003. it is always a good watch and the haunting music by ‘Luigi Boccherini’ that Russel Crowe and Paul Bettany play stirs the heart every time! In the evening I pan fried the Spanish Lamb Cutlets, Pink and then placed them on top of the ‘Boulangere’ Potatoes to finish – afterwards the late film on TVE1 was another classic “ The Da Vinci Code” from 2006 with Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou in the main parts with Ian McKellen,Alfred Molina and Paul Bettany again, this time playing a weird ‘Albino’ monk – it all came back to me as it follows the book word for word at the important parts!

Thoughts for the Day;

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense. Thinking is the talking of the soul itself.

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