Chicken Soup.

At last a day of sunshine. (The forecast for tomorrow is not looking so nice and there is still no email regarding the walk so who knows what I'll be doing.)

Peter was coughing badly yesterday evening and most of the night so I decided to make that good old folk remedy, chicken soup. 

I had most of the ingredients but no celery so I went early to the shop to see if they had some. But they didn't, they don't stock so much until the holiday season starts at Easter. They did have things like fresh blueberries and raspberries, tempting but pricey and the leeks caught my eye. Well, they are the same shape and colour as celery but as chicken soup needs hours of cooking they would have turned to mush.

Making the soup has been a good way to use up random veg from the fridge and the last of the Christmas parsnips and carrots. That's tonight's supper sorted. Oh and Peter is hardly coughing today. Let's hope he's on the mend.

 

I sat out on the terrace first thing and later enjoyed the sun sitting on the wall in the front garden. It's been so nice that the washing on the line has dried (I think) but just to make sure it is on the airer in the utility room until tomorrow. I was also able to leave the bedroom window open for most of the day to give the room a good airing.

My afternoon has been spent finishing off Paddington. The length of the legs was a bit of an issue as the original version had short legs but the latest film has him with much longer legs. Still he's done, just a few accessories to do or find and that's another project completed.