Clouds and rain again last night so no chance of seeing the Geminid meteor shower which is a shame. I woke early this morning and began by sitting just inside the door but then as I realised it wasn't actually raining and a warmer wind was blowing from the south-west I took my chair right out onto the terrace. It was so peaceful waiting for the sky to lighten with the blackbirds who are also early risers chittering about in the hedges.
There was no walk today, don't know why, instead I've had another cooking day. I began by baking a batch of chocolate chunk cookies. I tried rolling the tops in 100s & 1,000s before baking. Another thing I saw on line which looks a bit insipid once baked but they are just for the visit rather than as presents so they will do. Next came a Bara Brith and then since Peter was planning to have an omelette tonight it was the perfect opportunity to make some meringues for the visit. Not something I do very often and if I do it again I'll try and buy catering sized piping bags as getting the meringue into the smaller cake decorating bags was a messy business. Very messy. I took a photo while they were still in the oven, my old cookery book says four hours to dry once the heat has been turned off, as this might be the best they look. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the Pavlova case will fit in the only airtight tin I have left otherwise there might be a bit of shuffling around of biscuits to do.
There was a tiny bit of sun right at the end of the afternoon.
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