Kalo Mina

Good month, as they say in Greek. When I was down the horticultural store Sunday someone brought in their Simnel cake and as I spent over an hour tidying the garden I enjoyed two slices. The garden is looking much better now, there is still plenty to do, I want to sow sunflowers along the border by the chain link fence, as I did several years ago. Amazingly only a few got damaged by vandals. Today, I made my own cake, I haven’t tasted it yet, I want to share it out to everyone I know here. 

One problem I do have with my leg, is it sometimes aches and this stops me dropping off to sleep. This doesn’t happen every night, but it did last night. So I had to have a nap today, and I felt like I needed it. I had made a Lemon Drizzle cake as well and a lentil carbonara as the wife is still on her dairy, meat free diet. There is a lot of it, unfortunately the daughter does not like vegetables, so there will be plenty to freeze. 

It’s got all the regular bolognaise ingredients, so it tastes pretty good. On the Sunday I walked to the horticultural store, and on the way back, I went to the Cosy Nook and got a free mini baked cheesecake which was very nice. I also met our local councillor and his wife, and my skull and crossbones flag friend. From there, I posted the horticultural newsletters through the doors on my round, number twenty six.  

In the evenings I have been watching more of the Middlemarch series, which was aired on BBC years ago. It’s very gentle and has some great actors in it. Last night I got to go to my neighbours, they had an Easter Sunday dinner with a leg of lamb. It had all the trimmings and it was really nice. As it’s Easter there has been no post, so there isn’t any news on when my family finally get to move into their new home. Lastly today my skull and crossbones friend invited me to go with her and another friend to a local garden centre, where the cafe does a very good Sunday roast. I had a sandwich, as I knew I was having the spaghetti bolognaise tonight. Bon appetite! 

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