Home sweet home

Inevitably I was awake early this morning, still functioning on Austrian time. I was in town to do a big food shop by 0810 and home again by 0900 for breakfast. The supermarket was very quiet at that time. Brilliant.

There were a couple of loads of washing to go through and then the usual sort of mundane jobs, like changing the cat litter (oh, joy).

This afternoon I snoozed through the women's final at Wimbledon. I must be more awake for tomorrow's men's final.

Margret was coming for dinner. At 4pm I put on the oven. At 4.20pm I put in the roasting tin with oil to heat before I added the chicken. At 4.40pm I turned the temperature down. At 5.15pm I returned to the kitchen to start the vegetables to find that the chicken was still outside the oven..............

Oh dear!

A quick change of plan. Thankfully, the chicken fitted into the pressure cooker (just) and I put it on a bed of carrots and onions. It cooked very nicely and was succulent to eat. The sauce from the veg was delicious.

I think I may still be a bit tired from the holiday..........

I saw the sunflowers in Aldi and decided they would brighten our place. Then I saw gladioli and I know Mum loves them. These colours looked great together.

Tonight, we will see if any new bats arrive inside the house. Wait for the next installment of the bat mystery.