CRISP AND CLEAR IN SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY;

WEDNESDAY 15^th/ JANUARY 2014.

After our tea and toast I made the Chicken Curry for tonight’s supper; I use Chicken Leg, Thigh and Breast –all diced and then tossed in seasoned curry flavored flower and then browned off in butter, the chopped Onions are sweated off with some Garlic before adding four different curry powders, the secret ingreadinents,sweet Pimento powder, Tomato Frito and Lime Juice and five different curry pastes I then add the diced Pineapple, Mushrooms and ‘Fuji’ Apples to cook off before finally dropping the Chicken pieces in, a good strong Vegetable and Chicken stock is then added before tasting and seasoning – I finally add some Desiccated Coconut ! You can smell it as you come down our street!!

We then went for a bracing walk around the village with the dog after our showers and freshen up; the weather today is bright and sunny with clear Blue skies but there is a stiff breeze blowing in from `Canada! – This is going to cause the temperatures to drop next week to the 14/15degs mark! Tomorrow the rain hits us and then over the weekend it’s dry but cooler before the cold spell next week! See the pictures above, the foreman confirmed that they are putting a clock up above the new ‘Plaza’ – the work on the new passage way is taking shape quickly with both the arches showing and Brenda is sat with Chispa in the bracing ‘Polar Wind’!

Just before supper we had a call from France,it was our old customer and friend Terry who now lives outside San Malo with his wife Alma ( Get well soon!) - they have been over to North Wales over Xmas to be with all their family and she has picked up a nasty cough! We had a good long catch up with all his news and also some great memories from the good times at the Hotel 70* They still have all the Xmas Pottery that we used to have made each year for our good customers,family and friends( 100 limited edition) All the very best for 2014 to you both " Health and Wealth and Happiness" !!

This evening with our curry supper we have Basmati rice and Garden Peas with sliced Banana; we will then watch the news,sport and weather reports on the very comprehensive TVE1 main news which is on for 90mins!

Its then time for all the films to start so we will find something to watch.

Thought for the Day; See above.

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COOL AND BREEZY IN SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY 11^th/ DECEMBER 2013.

After out morning mug of tea Brenda had a nice leisurely shower while I made the Chicken Curry for tonight’s supper; I then had my shave and shower as I end up smelling of curry, the aromas also drift up the street -announcing that the only ‘Curry House’ in Manilva is open for business!

At 12-00 noon I walked Brenda to the bus stop as she was going down to Sabinillas to the hairdresser’s for her Xmas cut and touch up! The weather today is a little cooler with a stiff breeze but still no rain and the sun is breaking through – 16 degs!

Yesterday afternoon Jan called in, the owner of ‘Charlie’ the Water Dog; we are going to look after him for two weeks over Xmas and into the New Year, she is very great full as they did not want him to go into kennels, he is a lovely dog and this weekend they are going to drop him off so as we can get to know him and take him for a walk, they are leaving their house keys in case he is missing them as it’s the first time they have been away;

It’s definitely an at home day so this afternoon we will settle down for some reading and TV channel-hopping; I will meet Brenda off the bus and at the same time take Chispa for her walk as she has just called at the house, she rattles the front door to let us know that she's out! I heard her up in the office as I was typing the blog.

Tonight after our Chicken Curry with Basmati Rice we will watch tonight’s football high lights as there is no live football on a Wednesday,Barcelona v Celtic is the main game -  before finding a film to watch.Barcelona 6 - Celtic 1 with a hat-trick by Neymar!

Thought for the Day; See above.

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