Showers today - no plans to go outside but maybe I will be lucky. Keeping fingers crossed
How about you? The news about your friend will take a bit of getting used to
Doing ok but I didn’t get the one day of good weather I was promised
Clo kept the sunshine and the cloud cover was almost claustrophobic
Sorry to hear about your friend
I'm back home so it will be a bit warmer for me. 24C here tomorrow but then dropping to under 20C for the rest of the week. It was really chilly at my sister's place. The nights got down to -1C and fog lasted until late morning
I have sent you the version with “double the syrup” the way my grandmother made it. You can serve it with thickened cream or ice cream - my sister and I both vote for vanilla ice cream
A selection of Vietnamese dishes for birthday lunch - they have a great restaurant in town.
Even better it was followed by honey dumplings using my grandmother's recipe. So good, so rich, such a great birthday treat
Thanks Man
The drive down will be done at a slow and steady pace - there are a number of places I stop on the way to pick up treats such as the road-side stall that sells savory cheese biscuits just like my grandmother used to make.
And I must remember to keep the bag containing pastry treats off the ground when I get to my sister's. Her young dog helped himself to the last lot I took there. Discovered, eaten and paper bags left on the driveway in seconds