Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
MANILVA UPDATE.
SATURDAY/TUESDAY 18th/ 21st FEBRUARY 2012.
The forecast for over the weekend is sunny and clear and next week it is more of the same and getting warmer by the weekend; Saturday morning after breakfast we went for our usual walk around the village and when we got back Brenda shot up to the roof terrace to take in the sun, meanwhile I watched the sport on the new sports channel, Liverpool beat Brighton in the FA Cup 6-1 and played a lot better. After our steak and chip dinner we watched the late film on TVE1 – “ A Time to Kill ” is taken from the book by John Grisham of the same name and is directed by Joel Schumacher; it has an ensemble cast that these day they would not be able to afford, Matthew McConaughy,Sandra Bullock, Samuel L.Jackso,Donald and Kiefer Southerland,Asley Judd, Brenda Flicker and Patrick McGoohan ! Set in Mississippi it revolves around the rape of a ten year old black girl, the subsequent shooting of the rapists and then it focuses on the trial of her father – don’t miss it.
On Sunday morning we went for a walk and I took the pictures below; the Basketball was very exciting and there was a very noisy crowd in the sports hall, the work is starting in earnest now that they have cleared the ground for the new plaza and car park and the new Social Services office is nearing completion. We then sat outside Bar Rojas in the warm sunshine and had a Paella lunch that Lumy had just made. The Spanish football was very good with Real Madrid winning and Barcelona beating Valencia 5-1 with Messi scoring four of the goals ! In the evening we had Lamb Cutlets roasted on Boulangere Potatoes for dinner and then caught another good film, “ The Public Eye ” starring Joe Pesci as a New York newspaper photographer back when the mob ruled, it is based on an actual person and Barbara Hershey is the gangster’s moll with a heart !
Monday was an at home day as we took things easy;
Today,Tuesday,Brenda had her appointment at the hospital in Marbella to get the results of the bi-opsy; Anna called in just before we left so we had good chat and gossip then Andy and Maria took us over at lunchtime, the result was good, no problem and the treatment is sunshine – so no problem there ! This coming weekend on Saturday it is the Carnival in the village, Rio de Janeiro has just finshed,Cadiz was last week and Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Caniara were in the first two weeks of February; so now it’s our turn ! Watch out for the pictures of the Grand Parade along Calle Mar !! Then next Tuesday it is a bank holiday for ‘ Andalusia Day ’when there is all sorts of things going on in front of the Town Hall on the stage after the formal part of the day when they raise the flag – more pictures to follow.
PS; I have just made the Pancake mix for our Crepes tonight !
Thought for the Day;
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson, the present’s tense, and the past’s perfect.
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The forecast for over the weekend is sunny and clear and next week it is more of the same and getting warmer by the weekend; Saturday morning after breakfast we went for our usual walk around the village and when we got back Brenda shot up to the roof terrace to take in the sun, meanwhile I watched the sport on the new sports channel, Liverpool beat Brighton in the FA Cup 6-1 and played a lot better. After our steak and chip dinner we watched the late film on TVE1 – “ A Time to Kill ” is taken from the book by John Grisham of the same name and is directed by Joel Schumacher; it has an ensemble cast that these day they would not be able to afford, Matthew McConaughy,Sandra Bullock, Samuel L.Jackso,Donald and Kiefer Southerland,Asley Judd, Brenda Flicker and Patrick McGoohan ! Set in Mississippi it revolves around the rape of a ten year old black girl, the subsequent shooting of the rapists and then it focuses on the trial of her father – don’t miss it.
On Sunday morning we went for a walk and I took the pictures below; the Basketball was very exciting and there was a very noisy crowd in the sports hall, the work is starting in earnest now that they have cleared the ground for the new plaza and car park and the new Social Services office is nearing completion. We then sat outside Bar Rojas in the warm sunshine and had a Paella lunch that Lumy had just made. The Spanish football was very good with Real Madrid winning and Barcelona beating Valencia 5-1 with Messi scoring four of the goals ! In the evening we had Lamb Cutlets roasted on Boulangere Potatoes for dinner and then caught another good film, “ The Public Eye ” starring Joe Pesci as a New York newspaper photographer back when the mob ruled, it is based on an actual person and Barbara Hershey is the gangster’s moll with a heart !
Monday was an at home day as we took things easy;
Today,Tuesday,Brenda had her appointment at the hospital in Marbella to get the results of the bi-opsy; Anna called in just before we left so we had good chat and gossip then Andy and Maria took us over at lunchtime, the result was good, no problem and the treatment is sunshine – so no problem there ! This coming weekend on Saturday it is the Carnival in the village, Rio de Janeiro has just finshed,Cadiz was last week and Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Caniara were in the first two weeks of February; so now it’s our turn ! Watch out for the pictures of the Grand Parade along Calle Mar !! Then next Tuesday it is a bank holiday for ‘ Andalusia Day ’when there is all sorts of things going on in front of the Town Hall on the stage after the formal part of the day when they raise the flag – more pictures to follow.
PS; I have just made the Pancake mix for our Crepes tonight !
Thought for the Day;
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson, the present’s tense, and the past’s perfect.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
MANILVA THIS WEEK.
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/FRIDAY 15th/16th/17th FEBRUARY 2012.
The forecast for the rest of the week and over the weekend is sun and cloudy and a little windy, so it’s going to be a bit cooler; in the morning on Wednesday Brenda went around to the surgery to see the nurse to get her bi-opsy stitches out, everything was fine so its now down to next Tuesday’s appointment with the consultant for the results. Meanwhile back at the stove I had the Chicken Curry on the go; Brenda got the washing out on the terrace as it is excellent drying weather and I caught up with WWW. After dinner we settled down to watch the news and then a film; ‘ JFK ’1991 was written and directed by Oliver Stone and starred Kevin Costner as a New Orleans DA who fanatically digs into the assassination/conspiracy story and Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman and Jack Lemmon all help the story unfold – another one to watch.
We were up very early on Thursday morning as Brenda had a appointment at the hospital in Marbella but at the same time we wanted to find out how Jack’s operation over in Melbourne had gone, Australia is ten hours ahead at the moment, Lyn’s daughter Deb,who always refer’s to us Aunty and Uncle, had posted a message on Facebook; Jack was in intensive care and the Doctors were very happy with him and the operation had gone well, later they took the breathing tube out and he was able to smile at Lyn, take it easy and get well soon Jack !
Andy and Maria picked us up and took us to the hospital, it was a lovely drive over as the sun was out and with the clear blue skies it was soon hot. The consultant gave Brenda the good news, no thrombosis’s in the veins on her legs so no need for an operation, the tablets have got things under control and she has had no more swollen ankles and pain for a long while now so she just has to keep taking the tablets ! One down and one to go. Andy and Maria as they were waiting had a look at the new Blackberry for me as the reason Mano had not got back to us was that he had been called back into work at short notice; they have now sorted it out and got me on the way with it, there is no change of number so onwards and upwards ! When we got back to the house Anna called in and showed me more things on it so it is now down to me.
In the evening for dinner it was ‘ Classic ’time again as I had breaded Chicken Breast’s ready for supper, Brenda requested ‘ Chicken Maryland ’so I made some Sweet corn Fritters and breaded a Banana, the breadcrumbs come from the Pastry and Bread shop and are freshly made each day and keep for ages in the sealed bag; I fancied ‘ Chicken Schnitzel/Holstein ’ and fried the egg in the pan after cooking the Chicken and Banana in foaming Lemon Butter. Lots of Lemon wedges helped the meal along, we really enjoyed the Chicken, it was a pleasant change and will appear on the menu again in the not to distant future !
This morning we have just come back from the shopping down in Sabinillas,it is cold and grey today and we needed to wrap up well; we are having a at home day and taking things easy, tonight for supper we are having Pan Fried Fillet of Halibut in a Lime Butter sauce with Baby New Potatoes and yet another old ‘ Classic ’ from the past ‘ Petits Pois a la Francaise ’ The mouth is watering all ready !
Thought for the Day;
Insanity; Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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The forecast for the rest of the week and over the weekend is sun and cloudy and a little windy, so it’s going to be a bit cooler; in the morning on Wednesday Brenda went around to the surgery to see the nurse to get her bi-opsy stitches out, everything was fine so its now down to next Tuesday’s appointment with the consultant for the results. Meanwhile back at the stove I had the Chicken Curry on the go; Brenda got the washing out on the terrace as it is excellent drying weather and I caught up with WWW. After dinner we settled down to watch the news and then a film; ‘ JFK ’1991 was written and directed by Oliver Stone and starred Kevin Costner as a New Orleans DA who fanatically digs into the assassination/conspiracy story and Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman and Jack Lemmon all help the story unfold – another one to watch.
We were up very early on Thursday morning as Brenda had a appointment at the hospital in Marbella but at the same time we wanted to find out how Jack’s operation over in Melbourne had gone, Australia is ten hours ahead at the moment, Lyn’s daughter Deb,who always refer’s to us Aunty and Uncle, had posted a message on Facebook; Jack was in intensive care and the Doctors were very happy with him and the operation had gone well, later they took the breathing tube out and he was able to smile at Lyn, take it easy and get well soon Jack !
Andy and Maria picked us up and took us to the hospital, it was a lovely drive over as the sun was out and with the clear blue skies it was soon hot. The consultant gave Brenda the good news, no thrombosis’s in the veins on her legs so no need for an operation, the tablets have got things under control and she has had no more swollen ankles and pain for a long while now so she just has to keep taking the tablets ! One down and one to go. Andy and Maria as they were waiting had a look at the new Blackberry for me as the reason Mano had not got back to us was that he had been called back into work at short notice; they have now sorted it out and got me on the way with it, there is no change of number so onwards and upwards ! When we got back to the house Anna called in and showed me more things on it so it is now down to me.
In the evening for dinner it was ‘ Classic ’time again as I had breaded Chicken Breast’s ready for supper, Brenda requested ‘ Chicken Maryland ’so I made some Sweet corn Fritters and breaded a Banana, the breadcrumbs come from the Pastry and Bread shop and are freshly made each day and keep for ages in the sealed bag; I fancied ‘ Chicken Schnitzel/Holstein ’ and fried the egg in the pan after cooking the Chicken and Banana in foaming Lemon Butter. Lots of Lemon wedges helped the meal along, we really enjoyed the Chicken, it was a pleasant change and will appear on the menu again in the not to distant future !
This morning we have just come back from the shopping down in Sabinillas,it is cold and grey today and we needed to wrap up well; we are having a at home day and taking things easy, tonight for supper we are having Pan Fried Fillet of Halibut in a Lime Butter sauce with Baby New Potatoes and yet another old ‘ Classic ’ from the past ‘ Petits Pois a la Francaise ’ The mouth is watering all ready !
Thought for the Day;
Insanity; Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
MANILVA START OR THE WEEK.
MONDAY/TUESDAY 13th/14th FEBRUARY 2012.
First thing on Monday morning we made contact with Lyn over in Melbourne as on Sunday when Brenda was talking to Jenny over in England she told her that Jack had gone onto hospital over the weekend and was due this coming Thursday to have open heart surgery ! Lyn is moving to a hotel nearer the hospital so that she does not have to drive and will be able to walk to the hospital, our thoughts are with her and both their families at this worrying time, Jack is his usual bright self and hopefully this will sort out his problems.
PS; Jack has come through the surgery very well,he is in intensive care,stable and the Doctor's are very pleased with him ! Our thought's and love to Lyn and all the families. xx Jack has had the breathing tube removed and is smiling at Lyn !
The forecast for the week is fine with a little cloud on some days; Brenda popped around to the surgery to make an appointment to get her stitches taken out on Wednesday morning, she also has an appointment at the hospital on Thursday morning to get the results of the scans and then next week another one on Tuesday to find out the results of the bi-opsy. As usual Cheta is in and out in the mornings and goes for her walk with us around the village; after lunch I caught up with the WWW.and then started to look at the new Blackberry – I need Mano to call in to activate the system with Jazztel and I should be then up and running. For dinner we had Pork Cutlets as there was no Beef left with the leftover vegetables and potatoes and then settled down to watch a film; ‘ Absolute Power ’1997 is a political/crime/murder thriller produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with him in the main part ! Gene Hackman and Ed Harris play the other main characters and I won’t revel the plot so as not to spoil it for you – one to watch !
SAINT VALENTINES DAY;
Another sunny day in Manilva; after a little lie in we had our tea and toast went for a walk with dog. We decided to have a day off and take things easy around the house. Brenda as usual still found things to do, she says that she gets bored, I meanwhile was in the office checking out Facebook and the Googlemail and then carried on reading a book that I’ am into, it’s a crime thriller about deceit and death called ‘ Costa Del Sol ’ written by Des Wilson and is based back in the late eighties just as things were taking off down here so the story is based around Marbella,Puerto Banus,Estepona,Casares and Ronda – it even mentions bars and restaurants that are still going,the main characters have just had dinner in ‘ Toni Dalli’s ’which closed only last year and in the book as he did when we went there a couple of hear ago the Italian singer, once an international star came and sang at the table !
In the evening for dinner we had something a little different; an old classic that we used to ‘ Sell ’ back in the good old days of the Seventy Degrees – “ Poulet Sauté Marengo ” – I told the true story about it being Napoleon’s favourite dish that was created for him by his chef,Dunard, after Bonaparte won the Battle of Marengo against the Austrians in the year 1800 ! It was created from the ingredients that the chef found in the farm yard at the time; our version is based on the ‘Escoffier ’recipe. This was a joint venture with Brenda; I poached the Chicken Breast’s in a Chicken and vegetable Court Bouillon, Brenda had cooked the Basmati rice to perfection and at the same time prepared the finely sliced Green Beans and Asparagus to go with the dish, I peeled the local Prawns and they went in the Lobster Cream sauce and at the last moment Brenda poached her famous eggs ! We then placed the poached eggs on top of the Chicken Breasts and coated them with the rich sauce – it was mouth watering good – even if we do say so ourselves ! Meanwhile over in England Brian and Lilli,who were our guest last year on the same night, took their best friends to the ‘ Lord Binning ’ at Kelsall ! The reports just coming in are fantastic food, spot on service and great atmosphere and made to feel very welcome by the team along with David, Jane and Paul ! ‘ Top Notch – Praise The Lord ’
PS; Claire, Brian’s sister has just got back from the hospital with baby Ebony, it turns out that Claire’s mums instinct was right, the baby has got a broken collar bone ! Fracture Clinic tomorrow !! It also turn’s out that Lilli was honored to be in at the birth !!
PPS; Barcelona beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 in Germany in the first leg of the Champions League and now have one foot in the quarter- finals.
Thought for the Day; A poem written by Federico Garcia Lorca 1898 -1936. – ‘ The Village ’
Upon a barren mount.
A calvary,
Clear water
And century old olive trees.
In the narrow streets,
Men hidden under cloaks;
And on the towers,
Weather vanes spinning.
Eternally spinning.
Oh,lost village in the Andalusia of tears !
He was shot by the Franco regime at the start of the Civil War in 1936 and even today he is talked about.
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First thing on Monday morning we made contact with Lyn over in Melbourne as on Sunday when Brenda was talking to Jenny over in England she told her that Jack had gone onto hospital over the weekend and was due this coming Thursday to have open heart surgery ! Lyn is moving to a hotel nearer the hospital so that she does not have to drive and will be able to walk to the hospital, our thoughts are with her and both their families at this worrying time, Jack is his usual bright self and hopefully this will sort out his problems.
PS; Jack has come through the surgery very well,he is in intensive care,stable and the Doctor's are very pleased with him ! Our thought's and love to Lyn and all the families. xx Jack has had the breathing tube removed and is smiling at Lyn !
The forecast for the week is fine with a little cloud on some days; Brenda popped around to the surgery to make an appointment to get her stitches taken out on Wednesday morning, she also has an appointment at the hospital on Thursday morning to get the results of the scans and then next week another one on Tuesday to find out the results of the bi-opsy. As usual Cheta is in and out in the mornings and goes for her walk with us around the village; after lunch I caught up with the WWW.and then started to look at the new Blackberry – I need Mano to call in to activate the system with Jazztel and I should be then up and running. For dinner we had Pork Cutlets as there was no Beef left with the leftover vegetables and potatoes and then settled down to watch a film; ‘ Absolute Power ’1997 is a political/crime/murder thriller produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with him in the main part ! Gene Hackman and Ed Harris play the other main characters and I won’t revel the plot so as not to spoil it for you – one to watch !
SAINT VALENTINES DAY;
Another sunny day in Manilva; after a little lie in we had our tea and toast went for a walk with dog. We decided to have a day off and take things easy around the house. Brenda as usual still found things to do, she says that she gets bored, I meanwhile was in the office checking out Facebook and the Googlemail and then carried on reading a book that I’ am into, it’s a crime thriller about deceit and death called ‘ Costa Del Sol ’ written by Des Wilson and is based back in the late eighties just as things were taking off down here so the story is based around Marbella,Puerto Banus,Estepona,Casares and Ronda – it even mentions bars and restaurants that are still going,the main characters have just had dinner in ‘ Toni Dalli’s ’which closed only last year and in the book as he did when we went there a couple of hear ago the Italian singer, once an international star came and sang at the table !
In the evening for dinner we had something a little different; an old classic that we used to ‘ Sell ’ back in the good old days of the Seventy Degrees – “ Poulet Sauté Marengo ” – I told the true story about it being Napoleon’s favourite dish that was created for him by his chef,Dunard, after Bonaparte won the Battle of Marengo against the Austrians in the year 1800 ! It was created from the ingredients that the chef found in the farm yard at the time; our version is based on the ‘Escoffier ’recipe. This was a joint venture with Brenda; I poached the Chicken Breast’s in a Chicken and vegetable Court Bouillon, Brenda had cooked the Basmati rice to perfection and at the same time prepared the finely sliced Green Beans and Asparagus to go with the dish, I peeled the local Prawns and they went in the Lobster Cream sauce and at the last moment Brenda poached her famous eggs ! We then placed the poached eggs on top of the Chicken Breasts and coated them with the rich sauce – it was mouth watering good – even if we do say so ourselves ! Meanwhile over in England Brian and Lilli,who were our guest last year on the same night, took their best friends to the ‘ Lord Binning ’ at Kelsall ! The reports just coming in are fantastic food, spot on service and great atmosphere and made to feel very welcome by the team along with David, Jane and Paul ! ‘ Top Notch – Praise The Lord ’
PS; Claire, Brian’s sister has just got back from the hospital with baby Ebony, it turns out that Claire’s mums instinct was right, the baby has got a broken collar bone ! Fracture Clinic tomorrow !! It also turn’s out that Lilli was honored to be in at the birth !!
PPS; Barcelona beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 in Germany in the first leg of the Champions League and now have one foot in the quarter- finals.
Thought for the Day; A poem written by Federico Garcia Lorca 1898 -1936. – ‘ The Village ’
Upon a barren mount.
A calvary,
Clear water
And century old olive trees.
In the narrow streets,
Men hidden under cloaks;
And on the towers,
Weather vanes spinning.
Eternally spinning.
Oh,lost village in the Andalusia of tears !
He was shot by the Franco regime at the start of the Civil War in 1936 and even today he is talked about.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY 11TH/12TH FEBRUARY 2012.
On Saturday morning after breakfast we had an at home day, Brenda put the washing out to dry as the forecast for the weekend and into next week is sun and clear skies but a little breeze; late on Friday afternoon the new Blackberry phone arrived by courier so it is on charge and I will be able to set it up on Monday when it comes online. In the afternoon I watched the Rugby on the PC on the new sports channel that I have now in use; England scrapped a victory in Italy 15-19 with the new team on show; the lunchtime game in England was Manchester Utd. v Liverpool, Utd, won 2-1 with Rooney scoring both goals and Brian’s Everton beat Chelsea 2-0 ! In the evening it was the turn of the Spanish football and sadly Barcelona lost at Osasuna 3-2 and with Real Madrid winning on Sunday at home against Levante 4-2 it means that they are now ten points behind Real in La Liga ! For supper we had flattened Steak with crushed Black Peppercorns and all the trimmings along with crisp chips before settling down to watch the TV.
After a little lie in on Sunday morning we then got the roast ready; Rib of Beef with Yorkshire pudding, finger licking gravy and Brenda’s vegetables, Cabbage with Alselgas, crushed Carrot and Baby Turnip, Garden Peas, Baby Sprouts and Parsnip chips along with Baby New Potatoes and Tarragon Roast Potatoes. We found the Parsnips down in Sabinillas where we get the Baby New Potatoes from, they are cut into small chips, part boiled and then cooked in Sunflower Oil with a touch of Butter – delicious ! Mano and Anna called in with Fabio at lunchtime; they checked out the new Blackberry as all the details etc. are only in Spanish so they are going to help to set it up on Monday and give me some hints ! We had saved all the little toys from the executive Xmas Crackers for Fabio so he had great fun playing with them especially with a very small Basketball game that flips a small ball into the basket, he scored twenty times including a hatrick and was dancing around the room celebrating !Later I watched the Rugby from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff,Wales beat Scotland 27-13 and in the second half totally outplayed and outclassed the Scots. In the evening Mano and Anna joined us for dinner, the Rib of Beef was pink and I carved it cold and we had another memorable meal, afterwards we sat and watched the Spanish version of the ‘ Million Pound Drop ’ with them, it started last week and on Saturday when we watched it we got a question right, about regional Bread ! Last night with Mano and Anna here we were able to understand more questions and we all got most of then right up to the end; the last question was for 325,000 euros and was what the password for the American troops was on D-Day ? The two options were Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck and the two contestants choose Donald Duck, as we did, it was wrong, it was Mickey Mouse ! I think on the last question you can only choose one answer so they lost the 325.000 and looked stunned and could not speak, up to then they had played very well and on four occasions put the whole million euros on one answer !!
Thought for the Day;
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
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On Saturday morning after breakfast we had an at home day, Brenda put the washing out to dry as the forecast for the weekend and into next week is sun and clear skies but a little breeze; late on Friday afternoon the new Blackberry phone arrived by courier so it is on charge and I will be able to set it up on Monday when it comes online. In the afternoon I watched the Rugby on the PC on the new sports channel that I have now in use; England scrapped a victory in Italy 15-19 with the new team on show; the lunchtime game in England was Manchester Utd. v Liverpool, Utd, won 2-1 with Rooney scoring both goals and Brian’s Everton beat Chelsea 2-0 ! In the evening it was the turn of the Spanish football and sadly Barcelona lost at Osasuna 3-2 and with Real Madrid winning on Sunday at home against Levante 4-2 it means that they are now ten points behind Real in La Liga ! For supper we had flattened Steak with crushed Black Peppercorns and all the trimmings along with crisp chips before settling down to watch the TV.
After a little lie in on Sunday morning we then got the roast ready; Rib of Beef with Yorkshire pudding, finger licking gravy and Brenda’s vegetables, Cabbage with Alselgas, crushed Carrot and Baby Turnip, Garden Peas, Baby Sprouts and Parsnip chips along with Baby New Potatoes and Tarragon Roast Potatoes. We found the Parsnips down in Sabinillas where we get the Baby New Potatoes from, they are cut into small chips, part boiled and then cooked in Sunflower Oil with a touch of Butter – delicious ! Mano and Anna called in with Fabio at lunchtime; they checked out the new Blackberry as all the details etc. are only in Spanish so they are going to help to set it up on Monday and give me some hints ! We had saved all the little toys from the executive Xmas Crackers for Fabio so he had great fun playing with them especially with a very small Basketball game that flips a small ball into the basket, he scored twenty times including a hatrick and was dancing around the room celebrating !Later I watched the Rugby from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff,Wales beat Scotland 27-13 and in the second half totally outplayed and outclassed the Scots. In the evening Mano and Anna joined us for dinner, the Rib of Beef was pink and I carved it cold and we had another memorable meal, afterwards we sat and watched the Spanish version of the ‘ Million Pound Drop ’ with them, it started last week and on Saturday when we watched it we got a question right, about regional Bread ! Last night with Mano and Anna here we were able to understand more questions and we all got most of then right up to the end; the last question was for 325,000 euros and was what the password for the American troops was on D-Day ? The two options were Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck and the two contestants choose Donald Duck, as we did, it was wrong, it was Mickey Mouse ! I think on the last question you can only choose one answer so they lost the 325.000 and looked stunned and could not speak, up to then they had played very well and on four occasions put the whole million euros on one answer !!
Thought for the Day;
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
MANILVA THIS WEEK.
TUESDAY/FRIDAY 7th/ 19th FEBRUARY 2012.
We have had a quiet week at home just pottering about the house; one day Brenda even ended up on the roof terrace in the afternoon in her bikini! The weather remains the same with clear blue skies and sunshine – I was reading a book this week that is centered on the Costa Del Sol and the quote in one chapter was from the eminent travel writer Jan Morris, who we met many years ago, but that is another story in itself ! It described Andalusia as ‘ Sol y Somba ’ – ‘ Sun on one side of the street, shadow on the other ’ and this is so true at the moment especially as the cold snap is still around. Every day we are out in the morning for our walk with Cheta and as you can see in the pictures below we have even found a stationery shop ! The work on the Plaza Pozo del Rey has started in earnest so it will be interesting to follow it and see how it goes on; Watch this space. Meanwhile Brian and Lilli are over with his family in Liverpool and Runcorn for a week, his sister Claire is now four days overdue with her baby – come on Claire - Push ! While they are over in England they are going to see David and Jane at the ‘ Lord Binning ’on Valentines night as it is just down the road from Runcorn,we are very envious !
On Wednesday morning I made Braised Steak and Onions for dinner which we had with local boiled potatoes and Cabbage – comfort food for the gods ! Mano and Anna called in on Thursday morning to catch up with the local news and gossip,Mano is working in their garden everyday and is starting to get on top of it, watch out for the pictures as it has spectacular views down to the coast.
Today we went down to do the shopping and got a lift from a nice English lady who had just dropped her kids off at school, we called to get some Baby New Potatoes and found at the same time some fresh Parsnips which will go very nice on Sunday with the roast; we treating ourselves to the Rib of Beef,from Xmas, that we saved for another day ! We have also planned our Valentines menu – just to say that Breast of Chicken and Local Prawns are on the menu – together – watch this space as all will be revealed ! Tonight it is Fillet of Salmon Tails in foaming Lime Butter with New Potatoes and Garden Peas for supper.
PS; Claire gave birth to Ebony Louise at 18-25 today,mother and baby fine - One " Helluva " Baby 9lb 2oz !! Congratulations.
Thought for the Day;
Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.
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We have had a quiet week at home just pottering about the house; one day Brenda even ended up on the roof terrace in the afternoon in her bikini! The weather remains the same with clear blue skies and sunshine – I was reading a book this week that is centered on the Costa Del Sol and the quote in one chapter was from the eminent travel writer Jan Morris, who we met many years ago, but that is another story in itself ! It described Andalusia as ‘ Sol y Somba ’ – ‘ Sun on one side of the street, shadow on the other ’ and this is so true at the moment especially as the cold snap is still around. Every day we are out in the morning for our walk with Cheta and as you can see in the pictures below we have even found a stationery shop ! The work on the Plaza Pozo del Rey has started in earnest so it will be interesting to follow it and see how it goes on; Watch this space. Meanwhile Brian and Lilli are over with his family in Liverpool and Runcorn for a week, his sister Claire is now four days overdue with her baby – come on Claire - Push ! While they are over in England they are going to see David and Jane at the ‘ Lord Binning ’on Valentines night as it is just down the road from Runcorn,we are very envious !
On Wednesday morning I made Braised Steak and Onions for dinner which we had with local boiled potatoes and Cabbage – comfort food for the gods ! Mano and Anna called in on Thursday morning to catch up with the local news and gossip,Mano is working in their garden everyday and is starting to get on top of it, watch out for the pictures as it has spectacular views down to the coast.
Today we went down to do the shopping and got a lift from a nice English lady who had just dropped her kids off at school, we called to get some Baby New Potatoes and found at the same time some fresh Parsnips which will go very nice on Sunday with the roast; we treating ourselves to the Rib of Beef,from Xmas, that we saved for another day ! We have also planned our Valentines menu – just to say that Breast of Chicken and Local Prawns are on the menu – together – watch this space as all will be revealed ! Tonight it is Fillet of Salmon Tails in foaming Lime Butter with New Potatoes and Garden Peas for supper.
PS; Claire gave birth to Ebony Louise at 18-25 today,mother and baby fine - One " Helluva " Baby 9lb 2oz !! Congratulations.
Thought for the Day;
Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY/MONDAY 4th/5th/6th FEBRUARY 2012.
On Saturday morning as we got up the sun was out and the forecast was for more sun and getting warmer over the weekend; after breakfast Brenda popped out for some local shopping and on her way back spotted the new Manilva Cycle Club ‘ El Club Ciclista De Manilva ’in Calle Mar taking some PR pictures, I shot up our street and got my first picture with the new camera ! The other pictures came off the Manilva web page – thanks. The club was formed in November 2011 and the council have backed it along with various sponsors down in Sabinillas; after our usual walk Brenda settled down to some washing and cleaning as it was a good drying day, up on the roof terrace it gets warmer as it is shelted from the breeze’s,Cheta loves laying on top of the water tank –sunning her self as Brenda does the ironing out on the terrace ! Meanwhile I was trying to go online on the sports channel on which I watch all the sport in England; sadly with no luck, it would not connect, I tried all day with no result so it meant that I missed the City game, they beat Fulham 3-0 in the snow; it was also the start of the Six Nations rugby so I did not see England beat Scotland at Murrayfield. Over here both Madrid and Barcelona won in the coldest conditions that they have played in for many years; the game at Barcelona was the late kick-off at 10 pm and it was minus two so all the players has their gloves and snoogs on except Puyol who was in short sleeves as usual and played his heart out, at the moment he is playing tremendous football and attacking all the time and is even scoring goals ! After our supper of Steak and Chips with all the trimmings we watched the football highlights from the Premier League in the UK on the Spanish sports channel. I then tried for one last time to bring up the sports channel on the PC and found out why it was not coming online; the ‘ ICE Homeland Security Investigation Department ’ in the USA had closed it down for illegal use of copyright etc. “ Oops !!
Sunday morning was another glorious day and it soon reached 16degs. As forecast with more to come on Monday and Tuesday and the rest of next week is also starting to look OK. We got the Sunday Roast on the go – Loin of Pork with Chestnut Stuffing and of course Brenda’s vegetables; Cauliflower and Broccoli florets in Cheese sauce, Glazed Baby Carrots, Cabbage with Alselgas and Garden Peas along with Baby new Potatoes, skinned and of course my Goose Fat roasted Potatoes. The finger licking Gravy was cooking out and in the evening I finished off the Pork with caramelized Apple slices!
At lunchtime Mano and Anna called and Anna set up the new camera and solved one of my problems, I’ am now able to delete pictures from the memory. I had spoken to Brian on Facebook in the morning and he sent me some details about a new live sports,film,tv and radio channel that he gave me the details for a couple of weeks ago if I ever needed a new channel so I would be able to watch the sport etc. ! Sadly it was not in time to watch the football, Manchester Utd,drew with Chelsea and in one “ Helluva ” game over in Dublin the new Wales team beat the Irish with a thrilling finish and lots of tries and incidents in the Six Nations Rugby.
In the evening Andy and Maria joined us for dinner as you can see in the picture below; when he arrived Andy finished off the setting up of the new sports channel and showed me how to connect it – it worked! He then set about sorting out the problem with transferring the pictures from the new camera to the PC and then onto the blog; it turns out the USB ports on the large PC are not reading so he is going to update them, he then connected the Casio camera disk on our second PC and it worked straight away – as you can see below. Andy and Maria them watched a film with us after our local Strawberries and Ice cream to end a “Helluva” day in sunny Manilva that you can see in the picture of the valley and mountains below.
Yesterday,Monday,it was warm and sunny as we set off with Mano and Anna to the hospital on the far side of Marbella for Brenda’s appointment. We dropped Anna in Puerto Banus as she was going to have a walk around window shopping – her next favourite pastime! Brenda went into the consultants right on time and after her check up they said that everything was fine but she would need a Biopsy – we thought that it would mean another visit but they were able to arrange it within the next hour ! We retired to the cafeteria and had a Menu Del Dia lunch between us sat on the balcony outside in the sunshine - 19degs ! We then went back downstairs and Brenda was on the operating table just like that and had a local anesthetic before they took the small Biopsy from her thigh and then two stitches !!At the same time they arranged the next appointment with the consultant to get the results. All very efficient and quick !
In the evening for supper we had Minute Steak with square chips and salad for Brenda and a fried egg for me; the late film “ Heat ” from 1995 is a cracking story about cops and robbers in Los Angeles – Al Pacino is the good cop with family problems and Robert De Niro is the vicious and ruthless bank robber, John Voigt plays a creepy fixer and Val Kilmer is De Niro’s sidekick with his wife played by Ashley Judd, it is very gripping and you must watch it right up to the end. The only technical problem was we were watching the film on a channel that has the longest and most frequent commercial brakes – six minutes ! They start and finish without warning as all the Spanish channels do so it makes the film twice as long !!
The pictures above were taken this morning on our walk when we discovered another part of the old village; the orange trees are in a small square and the exotically painted stationery shop is in a street that we have not been down before, they have started work on the new centre of the village and on the way back we spotted the small ‘ Churro ’shop that only opens on a Saturday and Sunday morning.
Thought for Today;
Money does not change men, it merely unmasks them.
..
.
On Saturday morning as we got up the sun was out and the forecast was for more sun and getting warmer over the weekend; after breakfast Brenda popped out for some local shopping and on her way back spotted the new Manilva Cycle Club ‘ El Club Ciclista De Manilva ’in Calle Mar taking some PR pictures, I shot up our street and got my first picture with the new camera ! The other pictures came off the Manilva web page – thanks. The club was formed in November 2011 and the council have backed it along with various sponsors down in Sabinillas; after our usual walk Brenda settled down to some washing and cleaning as it was a good drying day, up on the roof terrace it gets warmer as it is shelted from the breeze’s,Cheta loves laying on top of the water tank –sunning her self as Brenda does the ironing out on the terrace ! Meanwhile I was trying to go online on the sports channel on which I watch all the sport in England; sadly with no luck, it would not connect, I tried all day with no result so it meant that I missed the City game, they beat Fulham 3-0 in the snow; it was also the start of the Six Nations rugby so I did not see England beat Scotland at Murrayfield. Over here both Madrid and Barcelona won in the coldest conditions that they have played in for many years; the game at Barcelona was the late kick-off at 10 pm and it was minus two so all the players has their gloves and snoogs on except Puyol who was in short sleeves as usual and played his heart out, at the moment he is playing tremendous football and attacking all the time and is even scoring goals ! After our supper of Steak and Chips with all the trimmings we watched the football highlights from the Premier League in the UK on the Spanish sports channel. I then tried for one last time to bring up the sports channel on the PC and found out why it was not coming online; the ‘ ICE Homeland Security Investigation Department ’ in the USA had closed it down for illegal use of copyright etc. “ Oops !!
Sunday morning was another glorious day and it soon reached 16degs. As forecast with more to come on Monday and Tuesday and the rest of next week is also starting to look OK. We got the Sunday Roast on the go – Loin of Pork with Chestnut Stuffing and of course Brenda’s vegetables; Cauliflower and Broccoli florets in Cheese sauce, Glazed Baby Carrots, Cabbage with Alselgas and Garden Peas along with Baby new Potatoes, skinned and of course my Goose Fat roasted Potatoes. The finger licking Gravy was cooking out and in the evening I finished off the Pork with caramelized Apple slices!
At lunchtime Mano and Anna called and Anna set up the new camera and solved one of my problems, I’ am now able to delete pictures from the memory. I had spoken to Brian on Facebook in the morning and he sent me some details about a new live sports,film,tv and radio channel that he gave me the details for a couple of weeks ago if I ever needed a new channel so I would be able to watch the sport etc. ! Sadly it was not in time to watch the football, Manchester Utd,drew with Chelsea and in one “ Helluva ” game over in Dublin the new Wales team beat the Irish with a thrilling finish and lots of tries and incidents in the Six Nations Rugby.
In the evening Andy and Maria joined us for dinner as you can see in the picture below; when he arrived Andy finished off the setting up of the new sports channel and showed me how to connect it – it worked! He then set about sorting out the problem with transferring the pictures from the new camera to the PC and then onto the blog; it turns out the USB ports on the large PC are not reading so he is going to update them, he then connected the Casio camera disk on our second PC and it worked straight away – as you can see below. Andy and Maria them watched a film with us after our local Strawberries and Ice cream to end a “Helluva” day in sunny Manilva that you can see in the picture of the valley and mountains below.
Yesterday,Monday,it was warm and sunny as we set off with Mano and Anna to the hospital on the far side of Marbella for Brenda’s appointment. We dropped Anna in Puerto Banus as she was going to have a walk around window shopping – her next favourite pastime! Brenda went into the consultants right on time and after her check up they said that everything was fine but she would need a Biopsy – we thought that it would mean another visit but they were able to arrange it within the next hour ! We retired to the cafeteria and had a Menu Del Dia lunch between us sat on the balcony outside in the sunshine - 19degs ! We then went back downstairs and Brenda was on the operating table just like that and had a local anesthetic before they took the small Biopsy from her thigh and then two stitches !!At the same time they arranged the next appointment with the consultant to get the results. All very efficient and quick !
In the evening for supper we had Minute Steak with square chips and salad for Brenda and a fried egg for me; the late film “ Heat ” from 1995 is a cracking story about cops and robbers in Los Angeles – Al Pacino is the good cop with family problems and Robert De Niro is the vicious and ruthless bank robber, John Voigt plays a creepy fixer and Val Kilmer is De Niro’s sidekick with his wife played by Ashley Judd, it is very gripping and you must watch it right up to the end. The only technical problem was we were watching the film on a channel that has the longest and most frequent commercial brakes – six minutes ! They start and finish without warning as all the Spanish channels do so it makes the film twice as long !!
The pictures above were taken this morning on our walk when we discovered another part of the old village; the orange trees are in a small square and the exotically painted stationery shop is in a street that we have not been down before, they have started work on the new centre of the village and on the way back we spotted the small ‘ Churro ’shop that only opens on a Saturday and Sunday morning.
Thought for Today;
Money does not change men, it merely unmasks them.
..
.
Monday, February 06, 2012
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