I'm not a huge eater of pies, but your goat cheese/shallot combo sounds rather nice.
It was very warm (22°) at lunchtime, but by the time I was coming home it had cooled to a very pleasant 18°, with just a wee bit of a breeze.
I succumbed to my desire to cook something, and did pasta with prawns, mushrooms, tomatoes and creme fraiche for supper, washed down with a nice glass of WINE.
Last full day of my Summer School. Usual morning of rehearsals. Free afternoon when I chose just a short stroll then read my book. Late afternoon rehearsal 5-6.30. Each group gave a rendition of one song ( there are two courses running, one Early Music, the other songs from musicals) just before the meal which was a barbecue of sorts. The dining room has a lovely acoustic, especially as our group sang from a balcony.
Tomorrow we give a “performance” of sorts, in a church, which will be basically each group singing to the other group., followed by afternoon tea. Home, trains permitting, in time for church choir practice.
That sounds like a very nice Summer School @puzzler.
Being Wednesday I was out with the Ramblers. A very nice walk but several miles longer than advertised. Then this evening I was out at Planning committee which went pretty well considering the potential for disagreement about one application. I came home and unwound by watching The Great British Sewing Bee. Unlike @Heavenlyannie I can't sew but I do enjoy the programme.
Day off today and no yoga over the summer. I’ve done the laundry and would like to get in my studio to do some sewing but Royal Mail will apparently be delivering a parcel and have given me a rather unhelpful 6 hour window of 10-4pm for this. I expect they will turn up around 1pm as usual but in the meanwhile I am waiting around the house and reading. I might start measuring and cutting up the dress that needs re-working on the kitchen floor. I’ll have surreptitiously nip in to the studio to get scissors etc as Mochi gets excited if she heard me heading out there; it is her favourite place to sleep in the morning but I keep it locked when not in use. She is currently crying for me to go outside with her.
Very variable Royal Mail. I ordered an item last week and it took them 8 days to get it from Cornwall to Edinburgh (by stagecoach?). I ordered another thing (from the West Midlands) yesterday and they're delivering it tomorrow.
My lip reading class doesn't meet over the summer so I'm having a lazy morning catching up with emails before heading off for my bookshop shift. Tonight we're going to a favourite pub for the summer social of a local society I belong to. I hope the weather remains as nice as it is now as there is a very nice balcony with views over our town's lock. @Heavenlyannie , we have a very useful log box in our front garden and any parcels get put there if we aren't around.
Yes, I have a large black box in the open porch, it used to be the paper recycling box before we got proper bins. Most posties leave stuff in it but not all, and some Amazon drivers leave parcels leaning against the door despite there being an obvious box to put them inside.
The milkman puts the milk in the black box but we still had a few weeks a couple of years back where someone nicked it regularly, presumably having seen the milkman deliver it in the early hours (the delivery now usually happens around midnight to 1pm, we often take it in at bedtime!). The stealing stopped when we put a very obvious webcam up in our front window.
The Royal Mail missed out on me working for them when they took so long getting back to me that I'd find something else. Does that sound like a pattern to anyone else,
I learned yesterday that my esteemed Cousin R has been able to arrange early retirement - he is, by profession, a very skilled joiner, but for the past 15 years or so has worked as a school caretaker. He's 63, but his wife is a few years younger, and their two daughters are now both independent, so the sums worked out in their favour.
I can only make sympathetic noises at those for whom things don't work out as well. My Sister and B-in-L, who live in France, are in their late 60s, and they also took early retirement.
ION, Arkland the Sultry awaits the threatened Thunderystrums this afternoon, although so far only some light Rain has occurred. I'm hoping that we don't get too much heavy Rain, as the irritating leak from the deckhead into the fore cabin of the Ark has not so far been conquered. Some magic Paint was applied to the offending spot on Monday, so I have yet to find out whether the latest attempt was successful! The water (not a lot - half-an-inch in a Bucket over 6 hours) was coming in close to the old light fitting which I removed over the weekend - I'm hoping that the small amount of redundant wiring I've had to leave in situ will not be affected by any Drips...
Lunch is CHICKEN in Mushroom Sauce, with New Potatoes, and a Watercress side-salad.
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It was very warm (22°) at lunchtime, but by the time I was coming home it had cooled to a very pleasant 18°, with just a wee bit of a breeze.
I succumbed to my desire to cook something, and did pasta with prawns, mushrooms, tomatoes and creme fraiche for supper, washed down with a nice glass of WINE.
Tomorrow we give a “performance” of sorts, in a church, which will be basically each group singing to the other group., followed by afternoon tea. Home, trains permitting, in time for church choir practice.
Being Wednesday I was out with the Ramblers. A very nice walk but several miles longer than advertised. Then this evening I was out at Planning committee which went pretty well considering the potential for disagreement about one application. I came home and unwound by watching The Great British Sewing Bee. Unlike @Heavenlyannie I can't sew but I do enjoy the programme.
@Heavenlyannie , we have a very useful log box in our front garden and any parcels get put there if we aren't around.
The milkman puts the milk in the black box but we still had a few weeks a couple of years back where someone nicked it regularly, presumably having seen the milkman deliver it in the early hours (the delivery now usually happens around midnight to 1pm, we often take it in at bedtime!). The stealing stopped when we put a very obvious webcam up in our front window.
All done online, or over the phone...
I can only make sympathetic noises at those for whom things don't work out as well. My Sister and B-in-L, who live in France, are in their late 60s, and they also took early retirement.
ION, Arkland the Sultry awaits the threatened Thunderystrums this afternoon, although so far only some light Rain has occurred. I'm hoping that we don't get too much heavy Rain, as the irritating leak from the deckhead into the fore cabin of the Ark has not so far been conquered. Some magic Paint was applied to the offending spot on Monday, so I have yet to find out whether the latest attempt was successful! The water (not a lot - half-an-inch in a Bucket over 6 hours) was coming in close to the old light fitting which I removed over the weekend - I'm hoping that the small amount of redundant wiring I've had to leave in situ will not be affected by any Drips...
Lunch is CHICKEN in Mushroom Sauce, with New Potatoes, and a Watercress side-salad.