Update.
Now that we are back in Normandy have been getting more excercise - in the form of chores about the place. Am correspondingly hungrier. Working on clearing up the orchard, high winds while we were away have brought down all but a few apples from most of the trees, as well as one entire tree. The vegetable patch still needs digging, but now is a soggy mess from all the rain. Heavy rain every day we have been back. Ten day forecast, more rain. Wood for the fire has to be fetched in. MrSlim is still on extremely light duties, he is allowed to cook, and light the fire, bait the mousetraps and make me tea. Hopefully washing his hands in between. Otherwise he sits by the fire.
Next doors cat is enthusiastic about our return, hoping for handouts and a warm place to sit. Have not seen the feral cat for three days.
Cannot remember food on days since last post, well not accurately anyway so missing them out.
31-10-19
breakfast tea, nut granola, more tea.
coffee with cream
lunch, scratch lunch, yesterdays sourdough bread with ham and cheese, two radish, from the garden, not very good
tea.
dinner. Mince from the freezer, turned some of it into a sort of chilli, with sweetcorn instead of beans, served with rice/ cauliflower rice, carrots and green beans.
snacking on cheese all day long for some reason.
bedtime tea.
Next doors cat is ever hopeful, but am resisting as she is getting fat. Handouts from at least three households, plus her own food will do that. She also hunts all day and eats her kills. The feral cat appeared tonight, must have been really hungry as she ran instantly right up to me and nearly grabbed her food from my hand. Dropped it just in time. Am sure she would not have taken it gently! Normally she hides under the car and i have to throw food to her. One tiny chunk of food to next doors cat to the right. One much larger piece to the feral under the car on the left.
01-11-19
breakfast. coffee with cream, ate the last of the nut granola.
coffee with cream.
lunch, MrSlim made leek and mixed vegetable soup, i made leek and mushroom...added soured cream to mine. We both had slices of toasted sourdough with cantal cheese. I had one slice, he had four. Was a long loaf so small slices. tea.
dinner, sort of cottage pie. I used the mince left from yesterday and topped with mashed cauliflower, celariac and potato. cabbage and green beans to go with it. Afterwards one of MrSlims poached pears and cream. Two glasses of wine
bedtime tea
Woke several times in the night for toilet. Probably because of the pear and wine.
02-11-19
breakfast coffee with cream
more coffee with cream
lunch. homemade creamed leek and mushroom soup. one slice pain kapnor bread with parmesan cheese. Tea
dinner. MrSlim cooked, liver with bacom and mushrooms, potatoes and cabbage; had one small potato. BUT am going to have to stop buying pears. MrSlim poaches them in spiced wine and sugar, simply irresistable, served with a lot of cream, but he made enough for three days.... (My plan was a low carb pear crumble.) Now he is feeling a bit better he is doing most of the cooking, while i am outside working in the garden/orchard. Several glasses of wine. Blaming MrSlim for opening a bottle of fizz. He is hitting all my weak spots tonight.
The feral cat has not been seen all day.
bedtime tea.
Again woke in the night and this time wide awake, unable to go back to sleep. Using the time to catch up
with posting, still some reading to do.