THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;

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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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;

A WARM & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY " DIA DE LA MUJER "

TUESDAY 8^th/ MARCH 2016.   " DIA DE LA MUJER "

I was up this morning, again, to see ‘Reina’ back with us for the day,  we the all had a little lie in before getting the day on the go, for our breakfast we had a little treat ‘ English Pork Sausage Butties’ – served on warm buttered toast with lots of 'HP' Brown Sauce! 

I then got a large ‘ Black’ wash on the go, there’s more in basket waiting its turn! We then freshened up and I shot down to our local shop for some essentials including the fresh local vegetables, I then watered the plants outside, read the water & electricity metres and took the rubbish bag up to ‘Calle Mar’ to the underground bins.

Today the sun was out first thing and the sky is bright blue, there is just a little breeze and by lunchtime its due to reach 19 degs, over the next few days up to the weekend we are in for more of the same and getting warmer – good drying weather!

At lunchtime I made a quick ' Potage des Legumes' using the 'Hot Pot' vegetables & potatoes with some Chicken stock added, then blended and re.seasoned, served with crispy Brown Bread Croutons.For our supper this evening we are having grilled ‘ Burger Steaks’ ( No buns!) garnished with ‘ French Fried Onion Rings’ sautéed Baby Mushrooms & sliced Plum Tomato, with whole fine Green Beans and deep fried Potato Wedges ( Skin on!) For tomorrow nights supper its Grilled Gammon Steak’ with Broad Beans in a Parsley sauce and ‘ Frits’

Yesterday evening we had a ‘ Quiz Night’ as we watched ‘ Countdown, Pointless, Eggheads & University  Challenge’ and then after supper we found an excellent documentary on ‘ BBC Four’ “ The Return of the flying Scotsman “ showing the worlds most famous locomotive as it returns to the tracks following a 10-year restoration that cost more than 4 million pounds, it then returns to its home in York with an inaugural run from ¡Kings Cross Station’ in London. 

This evening its the pen-ultimate episode of the very exciting & excellent series on BBC 1 “ Happy Valley “

See below a picture of Mano & Anna daughter Sally Ann Guerrero  taken for the ' Dia de la Mijer'

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM A WET SUNNY MANILVA:

A WET & WINDY SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY 7^th / MARCH 2016

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I was up early this morning to welcome ‘Reina’ back for the day, she’s with us everyday this week up to Friday, she shot into her duvet up in the office and we both had a nice long lie in as there was no ‘ Charlie’ to take for his early walk, we are missing him already!

After breakfast we both freshened up for the day ahead, Brenda peeled some Carrots & Potatoes for me, we are having the rest of the ‘ Lancashire Hot Pot’ this evening for our supper, I’ve added the rest of the Lamb Chops and topped off the pot with some sliced Potatoes ready to go back in the oven later, we are having Baby Carrot Batons & Garden Peas and of course  lots of Pickled Red Beetroot!Tomorrow night we are having Grilled ‘ Burger Steaks’ with French Fried Onions and some ‘ Frits’

Its a little overcast and cloudy at the moment with a stiff breeze but no sign of the threatened rain, so far, definitively not a washing/drying day! We will find out later on the main news on ‘TVE 1’ at 4-00 pm what’s in store for us for the rest of the week. Its started to rain as I’ve been typing the Blog.So we have another week of taking things easy, Brenda has not to walk for another week but will start to practise on her crutches as she feels stronger, tomorrow evening we have an appointments at the surgery with the Chiropodist for our two month check up, I’m going as I seem to be on mine more at the moment?!

Last night after supper we watched the last episode of on BBC 1 of “ Call the Midwife “ – Sister Evangeline dies! – Oops I’ve given the game away!! Then it was time for the next episode of “ The Night Manager “ with Hugh Laurie as the ‘baddie’ getting nastier by the week! Just two more episodes of “ Happy Valley’ with Sarah Lancashire to go, this Tuesday and next!!

As I’ve been typing the Blog Jack & Lyn came online on the Skype video from sunny Melbourne, 34 degs and rising! They have just been way for a short weekend with their caravan and are now off to find a cooler spot for two weeks, they are heading along the “ Great Ocean Road “ towards Adelaide and are stopping at ‘ Victor Harbor’ overlooking ‘ Kangaroo Island’

Meanwhile over in North Wales there have been some spectacular photos of the night time display of the “ Aurora Borealis “ in the sky, this one was taken from Rhos-on-Sea promenade overlooking the ‘ Bay of Colwyn’

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FROM SUNNY MANILVA;

A CRISP & WARM SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 5^th/ MARCH 2016.

We all had a nice lie in this morning, even ‘ Charlie’ who came up and had an hour on the bed with me, he sleeps all night on the two other settees in the lounge, I then took him for his morning walk and when we got back we all had our breakfasts, he has his executive dog food and vitamin biscuits with his tablet and we had toast, fresh fruit, fresh local Orange juice and tea along with our tablets!He’s being collected this evening and we will miss him as he’s such a character and good company.

The sun was out early and the sky was blue, there is no breeze, so we are in for another nice day here in sunny Manilva, sadly the wet & windy stuff is still due to hit us tomorrow and we will then find out what the new week has in stall for us, watch this space.

I then got this evenings supper on the go, my version of “ Lancashire Hot Pot “ I ‘ brown off’ the Lamb Chops first, then I layer the pot with sliced Onions & Potatoes with diced Carrots, Leeks, Mushrooms & Celery, all well seasoned, then I add a strong Meat & Vegetable stock ready to go in the oven this evening, lid on first then off later to ‘crisp up’ the top layer of Potatoes! We are having Cabbage, pickled Red Beetroot & Garden Peas on the side. See below.

Yesterday afternoon the Horse Racing on Channel 4 was very exciting, from Doncaster & Newbury, as they build up to the ‘Cheltenham Festival’ in two weeks time, in the football Manchester City won 4-0 but sadly Everton lost at home to West Ham, in the last minute, 2-3 – Brian will not be a ‘happy bunny’ when he collects ‘ Charlie’ later! Over here Real Madrid won 7-1 with Ronaldo scoring 4 – they had to build new doors to get him out of the stadium!!

After supper we found a film to watch “ The Bourne Legacy “ from 2012 this time, this is the fourth instalment in the series but with no Matt Damon as he chose not to return, so its Jeremy Renner as a ‘ Black ops’ agent called Aaron Cross with Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Albert Finney, Joan Allen, Stacy Keach, Scott Glen, David Stratham in an all action spy thriller that ends up in Manila with a very exciting motor bike chase, for a change!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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