Enjoying Life.

 

Roberto Matta.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta 

Watching Later with Jools Holland last night on BBC2 was good, I enjoyed all of the acts last night, two of them were known the other three were new to me.

On Friday will be the extended version of the show which I'm looking forward to as it will be good to hear each of the performers doing two or three numbers.

This evening our good friend Lin, who runs the British General Store will be joining us for dinner at 19.00.

I'm looking forward to seeing her later on and hearing all her news, I'm sure she will have many stories to tell us.

It is always good fun having Lin around, she is such a good friend to both of us and the dogs positively her as soon as she arrives they will show off like crazy.

Richie is making fish and chips, with onion rings in batter, fried slices of plantain, peas, coleslaw salad, gherkins and pickled onions.

The condiments will be Geeta's onion chutney, tartar sauce, horseradish sauce, tomato ketchup, HP sauce, and a choice of Matauk’s Trinidad hot pepper sauces.

I can't hardly wait for Lin to arrive and to enjoy eating the delicious food Richie has made, his batter is delightfully light it enhances the fish.

I'm sure that we are going to have a very pleasant evening which we will all enjoy, despite everything I'm still convinced that life is to be enjoyed to the full.

A Wonderfully Relaxed Sunday.

Roberto Matta.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta 

On Friday night I asked Richie for my duvet as it was too cold for me to sleep another night with just two blankets in a duvet cover.

Up until yesterday, it had been enough however now it cold enough for extra cover to be needed.

Yesterday when Richie went out he was glad that he put on his long johns as well as a warm jumper under his coat; it was a very cold enough for gloves.

When he returned, I heard that it was extremely cold outside and there was already a blast cold arctic wind.

Despite cold weather our good friend Lin, who runs British General Stores on the 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat, Amsterdam came by with some things from the shop for us.

The lovely little picture book shop is on the corner of the Overtook, it is well worth a visit as it’s a charming shop.    

http://www.britishstore.nl/ 

Lin brought us everything I asked for on the phone, which were tins of delicious smoked Cornish pilchards, oatcakes, HP sauce, vegetarian suet, pickled onions and lemon and ginger tea bags.

She gave us something to try it was a new product in her shop which was a hot pepper sauce made with roasted peppers.

It is a very hot sauce with a lovely smoky flavour due to the fact that the peppers were roasted one drop or two is all that's needed to give a wonderful smoky barbecue flavour to any dish.

Lin told that she had 5 more all from the same company; Richie and I are keen to try them all out as we love hot sauces.

Contrary to thinking hot pepper sauce does not overwhelm the other flavours in fact it brings out the flavour of the food which is why we like it so much.

Late last night we watch the days of football games on Match of the Day which was packed with exciting games.

At the moment Richie has taken the dogs for a quick run around the Rembrandt Park from which they will be returning shortly hungry for their dinners.

As soon as they've had their dinner, Richie will serve our dinner which at the moment is in the oven, I can smell the delicious aroma.

We're eating baked potatoes, cauliflower cheese and a delicious salad followed by fresh fruit, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries.

After the late news tonight there is another addition of Match of the Day so we can see the games that were played today.

I'm looking forward to finding in other piece of artwork from Roberto Matta and seeing Richie, the dogs and enjoying dinner and the football later on.

Looking Forward To Next Week.

 
 

Roberto Matta.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta 

It's a nice autumn day to day, blue skies sunshine with the occasional cloud cover which then moves away again to reveal more sunshine.

Today is going to be the last pleasant day according to the weather report before a low weather system moves in with lots of rain and high winds.

I spoke to our friend Lin from the British General Store this afternoon and she said that she intends to go out blackberry picking tomorrow whatever the weather does.

It would be lovely if she were successful and picks lots of blackberries as Lin has promised to give us some.

Looking forward to Richie making jam and maybe a small blackberry pie or even a blackberry crumble that would be delicious.

Despite finally getting a good night sleep last night I don't yet feel 100% recovered from Wednesday night’s alarm drama.

We've had it switched off since Thursday and won't switch it back on until the new battery and alarm box is installed on Tuesday afternoon next week.

Mind you I've been wondering whether I actually need the alarm, seeing as I can easily telephone the emergency services using the Home servant IPaq.

Also once the Seetech computer is totally organised I can add the emergency services telephone numbers into my emergency numbers.

I'll discuss it with Richie over the weekend in the meantime I'm going to enjoy looking for some artwork from Roberto Matta after which Richie and I will watch the next episode of Doctor Who on BBC one.

Next week our favourite music program Later with Jools comes back on BBC2 on Tuesday evening as well as Friday.

And even better Richie's sister Aud will arrive on Wednesday and she'll be staying until 6 October which is fantastic, lovely to have her staying with us.

I'm looking forward to next week, good music on television and a visit from Aud,lots to look forward to.