A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 9 th/ MARCH 2016.

After seeing ‘Reina’ back for the day we had our normal breakfast of fresh fruit, toast & tea before freshening our selves up, I then hung the washing out and put another one on, its now out also, its good drying weather, so I’m told! See below the washing lines are full up on the roof patio!!

Tomorrow I’m helping Brenda to shampoo her hair downstairs in the small sink in the toilet next to the kitchen, I’ve also got to catch up with mopping around the house including the upstairs bathroom, then the big job is to clean the canopy and gas rings in the back kitchen, watch this space.

We have another glorious day here in sunny Manilva, the sun was out early and the sky is bright blue, there is just a little breeze and the forecast for the rest of the week and over the weekend is looking settled and fine, at night its still cold but picking up all the time. See below the beach front in Sabinillas looking back from the Estepona end this morning.

And Colwyn Bay sea front this morning!!

And on Thursday morning!

For our supper this evening we are having ‘Grilled Gammon Steak’ with Broad Beans in Parsley Sauce, sautéed Mushroom & Garden Peas, a few ‘ Frits’ on the side – mine topped with a ‘Campo Fried Egg’! Tomorrow night its ‘Grilled ‘Chicken Wings’ with a Tomato salad.

Last night after supper we settled down to watch “ Happy Valley ”on BBC 1, it was a gripping episode with a startling ending, which sets up next weeks final episode, there are lots of loose ends to tie up with five different story lines all happening, murder, rape, gang warfare, family secrets and vengeance! Who did it! Will they find her? Will the family survive? And finally will the ‘ Fire Bomber ’ strike with her ‘Molatov Cocktail’ and exact vengeance?!  All this is happening in a small town in Yorkshire!  WATCH THIS SPACE!!

During the day Brenda is reading all sorts of books, Anna dropped off some the other day, she has read five so far and I’m going to exchange some on Friday morning when I’m out for the weekly shopping, last night I shot down to the surgery for the appointment with the Chiropodist and made another one for us both in April.


See below the 'Pier Head' in Liverpool last night in all its glory.

And not forgetting the 'Four Lads' !

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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A VERY VERY HOT SUNNY MANILVA ON THURSDAY;

THURSDAY 14^th/AUGUST 2014.

I was up before dawn this morning and shot out for the car and then picked Lilli up to take her across to the bus station over in Marbella to catch her flight back to Helsinki from Malaga – see the picture below. She is going back to sort out the loose ends etc and will back in a couple of weeks, hopefully she has caught the plane as the bus time table had changed just like when I took Brian back for the same flight a few weeks ago?!

Meanwhile back in ‘Doggy World Heaven’ Brenda was looking after ‘Scruffy’ after his sleep over, he was picked up later this morning, then little princess ‘Reina’ arrived for the day’ ‘Scruffy’ is back tomorrow morning for another sleep over but now only for one night, next week ‘Reina is with us on Monday for the day and then the rest of the week is yet to be arranged for them both,

This morning when I got back from Marbella we took then for their morning walks and the later just ‘Reina’as we called into the local bank to pay the electricity bill and then go down to the butchers for our Saturday night ‘Entrecote’ steaks. At the moment ‘Chispa’ has called in and is playing around my feet with ‘Reina’ sat on the secretary’s chair!

Our weekend is staring to pan out as yesterday I made contact with Kathrin and we have arranged to meet her with her son Nick and his girlfriend Frankie for lunch on Sunday up a ‘Bar Rojas’ for the special ‘Paella’ made by Lumy, I called in this morning when we were out and organized our table and at the same time asked Lumy to make some of her delicious ‘Gazpacho’ which we will have as a long cool drink to start! Then we are out on Monday evening for an ‘al fresco’ supper around at ‘Maj’s’?! - as her very good friends know her!

Some news just in from the ever expanding “New Moon Pub Company”is that their latest acquisition in Chester city centre the ‘Linenhall’is due to close at the end of September for a refurbishment/update/make over and will re-open as the “ Mockingbird Taproom” in October!!

This evening for our supper we are having ‘Omelet’- Cheese for Brenda and Ham for me – with dry-sautéed new potatoes and diamond-cut Green Beans; last night we had a choice of two films to watch, either “ The Dirty Dozen ” or the re-make of “ The Italian Job ” – we choose the first!

Later I watched an American award winning period crime drama TV series “ Boardwalk Empire ”based on the story of Atlantic City, New Jersey’ hence the title’ Steve Buscemi is the main character in what is now Season 5 going back to 2010! With a large ‘ensemble’ cast with the actress Kelley Macdonald standing out, its one not to miss!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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