DINNER
Bolognese Sauce left over from last night's Spag Bog
Organic Pasta Twirls
Salad a la Moi

With lettuce from t' garden and Olive Oil from Asses, a place in Turkey, not a donkey, it should be a splendid feast. The oil a present from Mr A's much travelled younger brother.

Brenda and Gra came over sunday for a roast chicken late lunch. It was a really hot day, no rain for a change. A very pleasant time was had, sharing a lovely bottle of red wine. Very smooth it was too. Mr A was in talkative mood, having someone with some scientific knowledge to bounce ideas off was good. They were chatting away about the origin of carbon, apparently it's about number 12 on the elemental scale. As the men were chatting about the cosmos, Brenda and I talked about going to the next level for Scarabella. We have a paid gig coming up, and we could be doing more of them. Lots of people say that we are good enough, and without being boastful, it's true, we sing cracking harmonies and rythmns like no one else.
So, we are looking for someone to set up a web site for us and my job is contact a friend who is a singer and uses an agency for work, to get the contact of the agency, then send them some bumpf for work. Our menfolk were saying that we are good enough to playing to corporate do's, even Saudi Princes, sort of level. It's all about finding the contacts who know the scene. After 12 years of playing mostly benefit gigs we certainly deserve to earn some money.

Mr A is away working this week on some salt marsh, place name forgotten already. So it's up to me to let out the chicks in the morning as he usually does it before going to work. They are growing steadily some have little tail feathers on their fluffy bums. I wonder if they will be the males? Also their little combs are beginning to show. I watched Madam Broody listening to her old mates, the other 3 hens who are now separated from her. She was definitely listening to them with her head up and cocked. I think she was missing them. Now the little chicks are growing fast, I think she feels her maternal role is becoming less and less. They still copy what she does though, if she stretches a wing, then some of them do the same.

I travelled to my creative dance group and found the place locked and empty. Damn! I'd forgotten that it was cancelled this week. I had read an email telling me that a few days ago and forgot all about it. I didn't write it in my diary.
My 5 person tent got hung out to dry yesterday in the lovely sunshine. I now have to try and fold it back up, finding somewhere flat and big enough's a bit of a problem..
Nowt much on telly. Managed to watch the last Dr Who on 4Od. What a corker! As the earth was towed back into its part of the universe, I started to say to Mr A about the questions that arose over such an unlikely event. Like what happens about the spinning and axis of the earth if its being towed superfast over a long distance? Mr A said just don't think about the physics of it and take it as it is, a highly improbable event, exciting as it was.
We've been enjoying watching old episodes of 'Scrapheap Challenge' on 4OD. Mr A could easily be in one of those teams that create machines out of scrap for a challenge. I get a smattering of education about engines and assorted bits of gear associated with creating a working machine. I found out what a turbo does, though I couldn't explain it to anyone..

Liberty, now 4 at last, came for a visit this afternoon and I learnt of an additional verse to a rhyme you say after burping:
'Pardon me for being rude, it was not me, it was my food.'
the extra rhyme she came out with,
'It came out from down below, to look around and say hello.'
I thought that related more to a fart than a burp.....so made up another little rhyme,
'It came out from up above to spread some laughter and some love.'

I'm getting hungry so I'd better trek up the garden, pick me a lettuce, put some water on to boil the pasta and reheat the delicious bolognese sauce left over from last night. I added a few chopped Jalapeno Peppers to give it a bit of a hit. Mmmmmm!!!