13 degrees C. seems to be the top temperature today. It is one of those cloudy days with a chill wind from the south. I walked into Kamo first thing but then came home and lit the trusty pot-belly stove. I have had some beef shins and veggies simmering most of the day making a stock for some vegetable soup.
Over the past week I have had a few walks and also visited my other half who is going more and more into his own world. I am keeping busy and feel that I am winning the battle. Visiting day again tomorrow.
I have just lit the woodburner and will now let the pot-belly stove go out. While I roasted the shins prior to boiling them I also roasted some mushrooms and had them for lunch with creamy polenta. It was absolutely delicious.
An odd assortment of flowers from the garden this week. Alstroemeria, rhododendron, and a solitary anemone (I wanted to spell that anenome which is how I have always pronounced it). There are still a few roses out in the garden but not good for picking.
Kath is quite happy whether it is in the sun or, on sunless days before the fire.
The pot belly stove in its alcove with the shin stock on top and a kettle heating for a cuppa on the trivet on the side.
The log burner that I have just lit. The piece of bamboo in the blue vase on the left was here as a poker when we arrived three years ago and is still going strong - just the same length.
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