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8.10am FBG 5.8
Did any of you know that Lemon Meringue Pie is a traditional Easter dessert in France? This is because the yellow and white colours are apparently meant to remind us of eggs. Not the chocolate variety which are currently ubiquitous, but eggs in their natural form.
Yesterday was another busy day socially, some new friends called round with chocolates for the children. Sadly one is allergic, so huge bounty for someone else. Too much temptation for me as well. Bag of goodies will have to disappear.
New friend shares name with houseguest, so some fun with that. Other friends brought simnel cake and colours for decorating eggs, a far more complex operation than expected.
The Russian Easter Bread baked last night was extremely pretty and was well received, plenty left for today as well. I have sent photo to nearest neighbour, hoping to tempt her to visit. ( we have planned trip to UK in two weeks so houseguests will be home alone for a few days) need her on board in case of emergency. Others are prepared to help, but all live some distance away. Local help would be great.
The men occupied themselves setting up a rope swing and then settled down at a nearby table with beer in hand, taking it turns to activate the swing with occupant unwilling to disengage even after some considerable time. MrSlim used the time well and child can now count to five (in english) displaying relevant number of fingers each time.
BBQ lunch, everybody totally stuffed.
Oh no! Am nearly out of coffee! On a public holiday! Argh and very low on tea....
@dunelm am amazed at amount of activities crammed into one day. Not at all surprised at instant sleep of grandchildren after that lot.
@jjraak wound is still tender, yes. But its good to have reason to mention him again. I have recently refused to adopt a healthy cat offered by some people having difficulty with taking it to UK. ( they did get it in eventually, bloody Brexit now means three months quarantine for pets) So not sure if I will take on another yet. Consider this, it was decades since my last cat. Errant was special, cannot be replaced and it would be unfair to keep comparing any other cat to him. Also MrSlim does not want a cat.
Odds are not good at the moment.