PLAZA DE LA VENDIMIA THIS AFTERNOON

SUNNY AND WARM MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY 9^th/OCTOBER 2013.

This morning we were up with the birds and after our tea and toast we shot across to the hospital past Marbella for my appointment with our regular lady consultant in the Dermatology department; the blood circulation problem that is effecting my legs is better but I still needed some local injections (5/6) in the active areas and she has given me another prescription for a steroid cream to be used with caution! She also gave Brenda the once over and gave her some ointment for her eyelids and suggested the she make an appointment to come back for a further check.

The weather once again is beautiful with warm sunshine and a little breeze by mid-morning and the forecast is now good for over the weekend as well. Anna called in later this morning for a chat as I was making tonight’s supper.Later she called back in with Fabio after picking him up from school and collected their container of the casserole for tonight!

“Tarragon Pork Casserole with Vegetables” I’ve made two pans, one using the Pork ‘Costillas’- chopped Pork Ribs that Mano dropped off when their deep freeze was off (Still is!) and one using the diced Pork Loin that I bought yesterday; the casseroles sauce was made with Garlic, Carrots, Celery, Leeks, Onions, Green Beans, Mushrooms, Garden Peas, Broad Beans and White Beans and assorted Green, Yellow and Red Peppers! All cooked in a rich Vegetable stock with Tarragon and my secret ingredients before adding the browned off Pork to the pans and leaving to cook, at the end I add a cream Volute sauce to taste!

The plumbers/maintenance men have just called in to fix our hot water in the kitchen, the pressure is low due to the ‘Cal’ in the local water so the boiler does not kick in- all fixed and working, I made the call just over an hour ago!

Brenda is looking forward to a day off tomorrow before the weekend celebrations take off with the Grand opening of the new park and Museum on Saturday with the village Brass Band,dancers and singers,wine & beer and party snacks for the kids! This morning as we where going out they were just starting to finish the Mosaic Mural on the wall behind the wine crushing pit, when we came back it was nearly done as you can see in the picture below, it’s now official I’ am the one in the middle with the Blue trousers with Mario and Diego the two councilors either side!!! The finished wall pictures will be above later.

Tonight after supper we try and find a film to watch.

Thought for the Day; See above.

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SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT.

CASA OLIMPIA - BOXING DAY.

Saturday 26th December 2009. BOXING DAY.

Toasted Bacon butties for breakfast with mugs of steaming tea started the day in the right way; Joan is not feeling well, her arthritis in her back has been acting up over Xmas so we decided to have a lazy day about the villa and take things easy. For lunch we had Lobster soup, Baxters, with cream and Brandy added along with Brenda’s Melba toast (Memories of the good old days when we served it in our restaurants all the time) In the afternoon we watched the racing from Kempton Park; Kauto Star won the King George VI Chase for the fourth straight time and the Bank holiday crowds went mad, the atmosphere was electric and the coverage on Channel 4 was great. In the evening for supper we had cold Turkey with Bubble and Squeak as we settled down to watch the TV.