Dec's down tomorrow.
Chicken leek and bacon creamy filled pie for lunch.
Off to see wicked at the flicks this afternoon as an end if the hols event for the smallest twanglet
Today's rain did not deter the Faithful, and Our Place had a slightly larger than usual turnout! Not many youngsters, though, so they had to make do with a Star-Bearer, two Kings, and one Queen...or, if you like, two Wise Men and one Wise Woman.
I watched Mass on zoom. One of the advantages of that is the sound goes straight into my Bluetooth paired hearing aids. I usually struggle to understand what our priest is saying in his homilies. On zoom I heard him loud and clear. He made some excellent points, but I think one of them would have been enough rather than everything he came up with while planning it.
Our big tree in the back living/dining/cooking space has come down and is now outside waiting collection by the council. We usually put the decorations back in the loft but have decided to store them on the top of the racks in the garage instead this year.
Wet and dismal here but the small amount of snow we had has gone.
Watched 10 minutes of snow coverage on BBC World news this morning. It lead this Canuck to wonder whether snow tires are used much in the UK? I am also glad the Liv-MU game is on today. It is actually being televised on our TV package. Go Reds!
I couldn't speak for northern parts of the UK but I've certainly never seen snow tyres used down here in the south west.
I've been to church - a chilly wet walk up there, a much warmer walk home. All the snow has melted. Mr Nen's out for most of the day so I ended up having a coffee and teacake with a friend I don't see very often so we had a good catch up.
We are back in Paris. The trains having decided to go on strike we had to do the journey the comfortable expensive way and get a taxi to the airport.
The decision about when to take down our Christmas tree was rather made for us when we got home and found it lying on the floor I think it had dried out and that's why it had fallen out of its base. The rest can come down tomorrow. Probably.
I need to do Unpack Ing but have so far failed to muster up the courage.
Snow rarely lasts long enough here to be worth having snow tyres or chains. I've only ever seen someone using chains once, and they were using them on tarmac so they were about to shag their tyres. In addition Britain has vast reserves of rock salt, which we chuck on the roads in winter every time it looks as though it's going to freeze.
We also enjoy the apocalyptic news reports about the Great Snow Disasters we very occasionally experience...at least, here down here in the south-east. They presage the very end of civilisation and life as we know it, at least for the few days they last...
My Old Dad sometimes put snow chains on his car tyres - IIRC, he did so during the Big Freeze of 1962-63, but I can't remember if the tyres were badly damaged thereby.
We have Wind and Rain here today, with a welcome change tomorrow to Rain and Wind. Tuesday may well see some Sun Shine mixed in with the Rain/Wind and/or Wind/Rain.
Raining all day here, and mild after a couple of icy days. More icy days forecast after this brief increase in temperature, so we decided to bring our planned visit to Lidl forward to after church today in case it is too treacherous on the roads first thing on Tuesday. Not having shopped (apart from bread & milk from the shop on the corner) since December 18th a shopping trip was becoming a necessity.
Seemed that everyone had the same idea, it was crammed!
There were many gaps on the shelves, and the goods were in disarray as people had scrambled to find what they wanted, but I managed to get everything on my list, so we are now well stocked for vegetables in the coming couple of weeks, having cooked the last greens yesterday.
The Christmas cards, our only 'decorations', have been taken down and the shelves look surprisingly empty. My (several) nativity sets have been in the loft for at least four Christmases, along with the Christmas tree and other decorative odds & ends. Apart from neither of us wanting to climb into the loft, there is too much clutter here to display even one nativity set to advantage. The only street-facing windows are these in our bedrooms, so the candle bridges have been in retirement since we moved here.
Mr RoS isn't a bit interested in doing Christmassy things, so I was always fighting a losing battle on that front.
My late father had studded tyres that he put on the Volvo he had for most of my youth (in Orkney, where they don't get huge amounts of snow), but when the studs started coming away, he gave up on the idea - he probably never really needed them anyway.
Before that, in the late 50s and early 60s, living in Sutherland (about 90 miles north of Inverness) he always carried chains and a shovel.
NEQ, surely your inability to laugh has no bearing on whether you can go to church!
Some people here (north east Scotland) switch to winter tyres; our local garage has adverts reminding people to do it. We don't change because everywhere we drive is on one of the main roads which are regularly gritted and kept clear.
When I lived in the central highlands I definitely switched to snow tyres every year. I remember once when I had been driven off the road by a logging lorry which couldn't stop, and had my car in for repairs, the courtesy car they provided did not have snow tyres (it was an Inverness garage, so they probably thought it would only be used for city driving). And it was the courtesy car which ended up skidding on the snowy road and landing me in a ditch! Now I’m on the coast, the need is not nearly the same. It has been very chilly here lately, (-7 C on my way to work this morning) but we didn’t get anything like the snow that Aberdeen and the North East Quine has had.
Very much a North- South thing, you get snow up there worth worrying about. Down here we had a whole inch of snow, and the press are wetting themselves in the rush to report on it.
We had an ‘interesting’ journey home from Newcastle. Main roads were open and passable, but we decided not to take our usual route over Shap on the A6, and what we experienced on the M6 at lower levels confirmed that decision.
I am hoping I can get to choir tonight- first rehearsal of the year. My route is Ok but traffic will be heavy as nearby major routes are closed because of flooding.
I have booked two short holidays so far for 2025 with a local coach company that only opened for bookings this morning, so I was pleasantly surprised to get through on the phone before midday. I had also emailed but single rooms are in short supply, so I got my answer straight away, two out of three options booked. My choral holidays open for bookings on Thursday.
Good to have something to look forward to.
I can't quite decide if I have my husband's lurgy from Christmas or not. I certainly have a cough that comes and goes and I don't feel 100%, but not sure if that is just not fancying walking a mile and a half this evening to a political meeting that promises to be rather dull.
In other news my mother's estate has now been settled. I feel a bit odd about that. It's nice to get some money but on the other hand I wish mum was around and well so she could spend it herself.
A bustery, glusty night in Arkland of the Damned, with the Wind like unto the Horrible Howlings of Demented Daemons for hours on end...
There was, of course, Rain as well, but I do appreciate it that others have it far worse than us down here in the bottom right-hand corner.
It's brightened up now, enough to give me the courage needed for a short Expotition to Tess Coe, but the cold and general dampness are making my pore Legs ache summink crool. Still, needs must...
Tess Coe successfully visited, and Bread, BEER, CHEESE, and Painkillers duly purchased.
An early (for me) start tomorrow, as the Coal Man is due to deliver a supply some time between 9am and 11am. I seem to be using more Coal than other members of the Arkland Coal Co-Operative, so this is a one-off to tide me over until the next bulk order.
We usually order 2 or 3 metric tonnes between us, to the delight of the Coal People...and to ours, as it means a significant saving (enough in my case to buy a decent bottle of Single Malt... ).
Alas! Waiting in for the Coal Man means that I have to cancel my Pilates appointment, and I really could do with the Torturer's attention. This will be the fourth week missed - just before Christmas when one of Herself's children was unwell, two because Holidays, and tomorrow's because I might not have time to get to the clinic, if the Coal Man should be delayed.
Sorry about the Pilates, @Bishops Finger . I hope you're back into routine with it soon. I've missed my usual fitness class for a few weeks as well, because Holidays and because the teacher has had a bereavement. Hoping to be back to normal this week.
I hope those who have gone back to work after the holidays today have got on ok.
It's been quite a reasonable day for weather here - chilly and bright. Mr Nen went for a run earlier but I haven't been over the door as @Piglet would say. I'm feeling very slightly under the weather and have been for several days, with an annoying tickly cough. I'm out and about for most of tomorrow, though, and will be glad when the morning's over as I'm helping a friend with something I could really well do without.
Mr Nen has Zoom meetings this evening so it's going to be an early tea for us and then probably an early night for me. Very Lazy Curry - leftover chicken with a jar of Korma sauce and a sachet of pre-cooked rice which takes two minutes in the popty ping. We also have some Wine left over from the weekend and it would be Simply Wrong to risk having it go bad.
O! the evils of letting WINE go bad! Your desire to avoid such an occurrence is admirable.
A BACON SANWIDGE is on the menu for Tea, with some SOUP for later, maybe.
Sn*w is promised for Wednesday, but we shall see. I may have to venture out again tomorrow, after the Coal Man has been, as my prescription needs to be collected from the Farmer See in the village. They haven't quite got to the stage of putting it all in a bin-liner, but two months' worth fills a fair-sized paper bag...
@Bishop's Finger, I thought it was the beginning of the end when my prescription went over on to the second page, and the bag has been getting bigger ever since. I can't imagine how much it would cost if I had to pay for it: TBTG for the NHS!
@Bishop's Finger, I thought it was the beginning of the end when my prescription went over on to the second page, and the bag has been getting bigger ever since. I can't imagine how much it would cost if I had to pay for it: TBTG for the NHS!
Indeed.
At the moment (!) I only require 6 items, but one of them is the anti-seizure drug Levetiracetam. I have to take 2000 milligrams a day, which equates to two Very Large Pills, and it is this in particular which leads to the size of the bag!
At the current price of prescriptions, I suppose I would have to pay about £60 per month, but being Old and Ill does mean that the caring and benevolent government lets me off the hook...
I didn't get to my Pilates class either today @Bishops Finger and its so popular that I failed to get a space for next Monday either though it is likely one will turn up during the week.
Decided against cold dark walk to dismal community centre this evening for my meeting. I've been coughing quite a bit and I imagine I'd be feeling rather the worst for wear when I turned up.
That's wise, Sarasa - whatever you've got, you don't want to be sharing it round, and rest is probably much better for you than tramping hither and thither to meetings!
Despite all the Dire Warnings from the Met Office (or probably the tabloids, not that I take any notice of them), it was actually a rather nice day here, albeit a rather chilly one. I pootled over to Tessie's at lunchtime to stock up on milk, macaroni and such necessities, and used up some of the CHEESE mountain by making macaroni cheese for supper. There's enough left for at least one more supper too, so I shan't have to cook for a couple of days.
Because this took longer than my usual post-work suppers to cook and assemble, I've deferred dismantling the Christmas tree until at least tomorrow; I know it should be today, but it's just not happening.
O! the evils of letting WINE go bad! Your desire to avoid such an occurrence is admirable.
You can Rely On Me.
Very Lazy Curry consumed, together with leftover Wine and Chocolate. Definitely going a bit downhill this evening so I can feel a Lemsip and early bed coming on.
I’ve had a mild cold for a couple of days but it’s not too bad. I hope everyone else under the weather feels better soon.
A return to a full working day for me, the usual admin and emails this morning, sorting out a few issues, then marking an essay. I’m still providing tutor cover for a colleague for a few more weeks. Tomorrow I need to do some tutorial planning and writing but might be able to get some study done in the afternoon (I’m about to have 3 weeks of marking so I am getting what I can done now).
Tea was gnocchi with mushroom, courgette and bacon.
Today marked a return to job hunting. It also marked trying to get the car to the garage. This took a call to recovery as it wouldn't start (one reason for the trip to the garage was starting issues...), followed by a visit from a man with a van who failed to start it and sent out for a tow truck, the driver of which failed to start it before we eventually got le van rouge off the driveway and managed to tow start it before driving the 400 yards to the garage... An eventful day!
Sympathy with the car issues @Sandemaniac
Ours wouldn't start a few days ago - flat battery not too surprising as not driven since October. Got Assistance, drove around, all fine. Today Mr F took it to hospital appointment, refused to start. Fortunately hospital porter had magic gubbins to get it going, but obviously electrical problem but nearby garages not able to even look at it before mid month.
Not a major problem since we rely a lot on taxis in any case.
Today was back to work. A gentle collection of routine bits and pieces, enlivened by failing to jump-start Sandemaniac's car at lunchtime, and watching him and the man with the tow truck getting it off the drive whilst I waited for the work machine to shut down at 4. Tomorrow will be busier, as I'm dealing with "issues", aka stuff that has got messed up by users...
The Christmas decorations are all packed away now, except for one string of lights across the sitting-room window which we leave up till Candlemas to fight the January blues.
The busiest and most positive day of the year so far. Two holidays booked, Christmas packed away, prescriptions collected plus other necessities, a future home for Mr P’s bookcases from the study offered, and safe journeys to and from the first choir rehearsal of the year. If this is my 2025, I like it.
Snow gone, but many local villages flooded, including my daughter’s. She has water in her cellar, in the chicken’s compound and paddock beyond, with all approach roads flooded.
Eldest Grandson phoned to say he was not coming to see us this morning, as the weather was too cold & wet. This meant that Mr RoS spent the morning pottering about at home instead of going out for brunch, and I had to provide him with food.
Dinner this evening was leek, savoy cabbage and bacon, cooked in cider, served with mashed potato. Followed by a mince pie and custard. The pies were from a box surplus to requirements at the Carols by Candlelight service. Far too sweet for me, so I levered off the lid and added some cooked rhubarb to the filling, which vastly improved it.
Like BF we are supposed to be getting snow on Wednesday, but as we are only 500m from the sea it will probably come as rain. Not as pretty, but safer to walk in.
Cheery son thinks it's never snowed here, it did before he was born, only sleety since then. I'm jealous of any snow or rain at present as it's dry dry dry and hot here in Oz! Sounds like you are all having a proper winter and we are having a proper hot summer.! I suppose the seasons will roll on soon enough.
Thanks for the reminder re Christmas decs, I have done nothing with ours and as it's cool and overcast today, I'll start putting things back into their boxes and get them into storage.
I miss the snow. Last time we had proper snow was the Beast from the East, which happened in the week Captain Pyjamas was born in February 2018. Damn climate change.
Oh, I remember the Beast from the East. I had a hospital appointment the afternoon it started, and only just managed to drive up the short hill to our house on my return!
The river is high here and the park and towpaths are flooded as is a local road that always floods. We're crossing fingers that it doesn't flood our garden again. We've got an appointment to finalise on a new kitchen on Friday and we don't want to go ahead if it looks like flooding is going to be endemic on this road.
We used to get a good covering of snow every year in our previous easterly location.
I loved it when we had small children. As soon as the flakes started to fall with some determination I'd wrap them up, put them in the pushchair and go for a walk - and of course, as they got older pulled them along on the sledge their father had when he was a boy, or took them out snowballing and building snowmen.
Not so happy to see it when they grew out of playing in it, and my brisk walk became trudging, or gingerly picking out less slippery places to put my feet. Can't say I am sorry to be in a more southerly bit of the country in my later years, although I would like to see a covering of snow occasionally as long as it didn't sit around for too long.
I admit that I would welcome a longish frost each year, to help my blackcurrants overwinter properly, I would happily swap snow for that.
The day started off much as normal for a Tuesday. I did a little tidying, put the laundry away and the weekly food delivery, and then started work. I had just started wading through the mass of emails when suddenly something fluttered by my ear, closely followed by another fluttering object. I then witnessed 2 dunnocks frantically hurling themselves at a closed window. I must admit I yelped loudly in surprise, which got Mr Heavenly out of a, luckily informal, meeting and he spent the next 20 minutes attempting to evict them whilst they alternated between the very dunnocky behaviour of hiding in crevices in my room and playing dead, and frantically hurling themselves at the unopened part of the window.
Mochi had probably brought them in, she has a fondness for dunnocks, but she hadn’t been out since 5pm last night when she must have caught 2 dunnocks simultaneously in 2 minutes and brought them in (we have a microchip enabled cat flap so know she was only out for 2 minutes). She does not kill her catches and they obviously hid in my study overnight. All doors to upstairs rooms are now firmly closed to feathery visitors.
Mr Heavenly has just left to catch a flight to the US, so a couple of long days ahead.
I can testify that given a choice between a wide open window and behind the wardrobe, a sparrow will choose the wardrobe every time.
Occasionally bright here, but very cold. If I can bear to leave the vicinity of the supplementary radiator, I must portion out some tofu for freezing. An amount will be reserved to go into a dish for this evening - Bear Paw Tofu, accompanying a Chinese stew of pork and potato.
Mr Heavenly (who works in pet technology - he’s currently heading to the annual Consumer Electronics Show in the US) has found a tech company that makes a cat flap that does not allow cats to enter if they are carrying what they refer to as ‘contraband’.
I’m too unsettled to work so I have given up and am about to eat a danish pastry.
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Chicken leek and bacon creamy filled pie for lunch.
Off to see wicked at the flicks this afternoon as an end if the hols event for the smallest twanglet
Our big tree in the back living/dining/cooking space has come down and is now outside waiting collection by the council. We usually put the decorations back in the loft but have decided to store them on the top of the racks in the garage instead this year.
Wet and dismal here but the small amount of snow we had has gone.
I've been to church - a chilly wet walk up there, a much warmer walk home. All the snow has melted. Mr Nen's out for most of the day so I ended up having a coffee and teacake with a friend I don't see very often so we had a good catch up.
The decision about when to take down our Christmas tree was rather made for us when we got home and found it lying on the floor
I need to do Unpack Ing but have so far failed to muster up the courage.
My Old Dad sometimes put snow chains on his car tyres - IIRC, he did so during the Big Freeze of 1962-63, but I can't remember if the tyres were badly damaged thereby.
We have Wind and Rain here today, with a welcome change tomorrow to Rain and Wind. Tuesday may well see some Sun Shine mixed in with the Rain/Wind and/or Wind/Rain.
Seemed that everyone had the same idea, it was crammed!
There were many gaps on the shelves, and the goods were in disarray as people had scrambled to find what they wanted, but I managed to get everything on my list, so we are now well stocked for vegetables in the coming couple of weeks, having cooked the last greens yesterday.
The Christmas cards, our only 'decorations', have been taken down and the shelves look surprisingly empty. My (several) nativity sets have been in the loft for at least four Christmases, along with the Christmas tree and other decorative odds & ends. Apart from neither of us wanting to climb into the loft, there is too much clutter here to display even one nativity set to advantage. The only street-facing windows are these in our bedrooms, so the candle bridges have been in retirement since we moved here.
Mr RoS isn't a bit interested in doing Christmassy things, so I was always fighting a losing battle on that front.
Before that, in the late 50s and early 60s, living in Sutherland (about 90 miles north of Inverness) he always carried chains and a shovel.
NEQ, surely your inability to laugh has no bearing on whether you can go to church!
Admittedly, it's light rain, but I do wish it would stop.
Ho ho ho ... 🙃
Still nothing here, touch wood - it was almost dry when I came home after Evensong.
I'd very much like it to stay that way; even though my commute is only about five minutes, I'd prefer it to be five snow-free minutes!
I have booked two short holidays so far for 2025 with a local coach company that only opened for bookings this morning, so I was pleasantly surprised to get through on the phone before midday. I had also emailed but single rooms are in short supply, so I got my answer straight away, two out of three options booked. My choral holidays open for bookings on Thursday.
Good to have something to look forward to.
In other news my mother's estate has now been settled. I feel a bit odd about that. It's nice to get some money but on the other hand I wish mum was around and well so she could spend it herself.
There was, of course, Rain as well, but I do appreciate it that others have it far worse than us down here in the bottom right-hand corner.
It's brightened up now, enough to give me the courage needed for a short Expotition to Tess Coe, but the cold and general dampness are making my pore Legs ache summink crool. Still, needs must...
I woke up early and debated whether to go swimming. Glad I didn't as I would have got caught up in the tailback from a bad accident on my way.
An early (for me) start tomorrow, as the Coal Man is due to deliver a supply some time between 9am and 11am. I seem to be using more Coal than other members of the Arkland Coal Co-Operative, so this is a one-off to tide me over until the next bulk order.
We usually order 2 or 3 metric tonnes between us, to the delight of the Coal People...and to ours, as it means a significant saving (enough in my case to buy a decent bottle of Single Malt...
Alas! Waiting in for the Coal Man means that I have to cancel my Pilates appointment, and I really could do with the Torturer's attention. This will be the fourth week missed - just before Christmas when one of Herself's children was unwell, two because Holidays, and tomorrow's because I might not have time to get to the clinic, if the Coal Man should be delayed.
I hope those who have gone back to work after the holidays today have got on ok.
It's been quite a reasonable day for weather here - chilly and bright. Mr Nen went for a run earlier but I haven't been over the door as @Piglet would say. I'm feeling very slightly under the weather and have been for several days, with an annoying tickly cough. I'm out and about for most of tomorrow, though, and will be glad when the morning's over as I'm helping a friend with something I could really well do without.
Mr Nen has Zoom meetings this evening so it's going to be an early tea for us and then probably an early night for me. Very Lazy Curry - leftover chicken with a jar of Korma sauce and a sachet of pre-cooked rice which takes two minutes in the popty ping. We also have some Wine left over from the weekend and it would be Simply Wrong to risk having it go bad.
A BACON SANWIDGE is on the menu for Tea, with some SOUP for later, maybe.
Sn*w is promised for Wednesday, but we shall see. I may have to venture out again tomorrow, after the Coal Man has been, as my prescription needs to be collected from the Farmer See in the village. They haven't quite got to the stage of putting it all in a bin-liner, but two months' worth fills a fair-sized paper bag...
Indeed.
At the moment (!) I only require 6 items, but one of them is the anti-seizure drug Levetiracetam. I have to take 2000 milligrams a day, which equates to two Very Large Pills, and it is this in particular which leads to the size of the bag!
At the current price of prescriptions, I suppose I would have to pay about £60 per month, but being Old and Ill does mean that the caring and benevolent government lets me off the hook...
Decided against cold dark walk to dismal community centre this evening for my meeting. I've been coughing quite a bit and I imagine I'd be feeling rather the worst for wear when I turned up.
Despite all the Dire Warnings from the Met Office (or probably the tabloids, not that I take any notice of them), it was actually a rather nice day here, albeit a rather chilly one. I pootled over to Tessie's at lunchtime to stock up on milk, macaroni and such necessities, and used up some of the CHEESE mountain by making macaroni cheese for supper. There's enough left for at least one more supper too, so I shan't have to cook for a couple of days.
Because this took longer than my usual post-work suppers to cook and assemble, I've deferred dismantling the Christmas tree until at least tomorrow; I know it should be today, but it's just not happening.
You can Rely On Me.
Very Lazy Curry consumed, together with leftover Wine and Chocolate. Definitely going a bit downhill this evening so I can feel a Lemsip and early bed coming on.
A return to a full working day for me, the usual admin and emails this morning, sorting out a few issues, then marking an essay. I’m still providing tutor cover for a colleague for a few more weeks. Tomorrow I need to do some tutorial planning and writing but might be able to get some study done in the afternoon (I’m about to have 3 weeks of marking so I am getting what I can done now).
Tea was gnocchi with mushroom, courgette and bacon.
Big shop tomorrow and think about admin for work and mother in laws estate... joy
Ours wouldn't start a few days ago - flat battery not too surprising as not driven since October. Got Assistance, drove around, all fine. Today Mr F took it to hospital appointment, refused to start. Fortunately hospital porter had magic gubbins to get it going, but obviously electrical problem but nearby garages not able to even look at it before mid month.
Not a major problem since we rely a lot on taxis in any case.
The Christmas decorations are all packed away now, except for one string of lights across the sitting-room window which we leave up till Candlemas to fight the January blues.
Hope you can get your car sorted ok @Firenze .
Snow gone, but many local villages flooded, including my daughter’s. She has water in her cellar, in the chicken’s compound and paddock beyond, with all approach roads flooded.
Dinner this evening was leek, savoy cabbage and bacon, cooked in cider, served with mashed potato. Followed by a mince pie and custard. The pies were from a box surplus to requirements at the Carols by Candlelight service. Far too sweet for me, so I levered off the lid and added some cooked rhubarb to the filling, which vastly improved it.
Like BF we are supposed to be getting snow on Wednesday, but as we are only 500m from the sea it will probably come as rain. Not as pretty, but safer to walk in.
Thanks for the reminder re Christmas decs, I have done nothing with ours and as it's cool and overcast today, I'll start putting things back into their boxes and get them into storage.
I loved it when we had small children. As soon as the flakes started to fall with some determination I'd wrap them up, put them in the pushchair and go for a walk - and of course, as they got older pulled them along on the sledge their father had when he was a boy, or took them out snowballing and building snowmen.
Not so happy to see it when they grew out of playing in it, and my brisk walk became trudging, or gingerly picking out less slippery places to put my feet. Can't say I am sorry to be in a more southerly bit of the country in my later years, although I would like to see a covering of snow occasionally as long as it didn't sit around for too long.
I admit that I would welcome a longish frost each year, to help my blackcurrants overwinter properly, I would happily swap snow for that.
Mochi had probably brought them in, she has a fondness for dunnocks, but she hadn’t been out since 5pm last night when she must have caught 2 dunnocks simultaneously in 2 minutes and brought them in (we have a microchip enabled cat flap so know she was only out for 2 minutes). She does not kill her catches and they obviously hid in my study overnight. All doors to upstairs rooms are now firmly closed to feathery visitors.
Mr Heavenly has just left to catch a flight to the US, so a couple of long days ahead.
Occasionally bright here, but very cold. If I can bear to leave the vicinity of the supplementary radiator, I must portion out some tofu for freezing. An amount will be reserved to go into a dish for this evening - Bear Paw Tofu, accompanying a Chinese stew of pork and potato.
I’m too unsettled to work so I have given up and am about to eat a danish pastry.