Sunday 10th March 2024

 

Woken around 0600 by the sound of rain being thrown at the bedroom window by gusting winds…couldn’t get back to sleep properly after that, though must have dropped off at some point. Got up around 0930 and descended to make tea. Stuck mum’s Mother’s Day card and Easter egg in the porch for her to find later. Put three par-baked croissants in the oven, which we ate with butter and jam. Then set about making the peach tart tatin. Once that was out of the oven, I started roasting potatoes. Jim and Emma turned up. I stuck the chicken thighs in the oven with lemon wedges, lardons, and shallots, and then with 20 minutes to go added the stock, and put Emma’s mushroom pie in the oven. All seemed to go down well, though not sure mum ate much…she got through the chicken thigh, but didn’t appear to eat much else, but then complained when I presented her with a half portion of peach tart! Dad ate a lemon wedge thinking it a sliced potato, which gave him a bit of a startled look for the remainder of the meal!!! Chatted at the table for awhile afterward…Jim has been taken on as Head Gardener one day a week, starting next week. Should be entertaining…he was already talking up his slash and burn techniques. Jim and Emma drove off to her Emma’s mother, leaving the rest of us to collapse, exhausted and full, in the living room.