We've been Jamie fans since the beginning of the latest series.
The three dishes that he produced for the final were real 'crackers' and as the three judges said "we all know who the winner is". Mouth watering dishes, so it was a good thing that our supper, that we ate before snuggling down to watch the programme, was tasty and ticked the taste buds.
Congratulations to him and as Monica said "I'll be watching this young chef's career with great interest", generous words from Monica, herself a great chef.
Now she was out-and-about today as instructed by her papa.. aka Hugo.. I know, he's been dead for over thirty years but she considers it 'not at all creepy' that Constance, Hugo and her most beloved aunt Hay darling all pay her a visit now and again.
Today's jaunt instructions was very clear, go to Kensington High Street. He never directs her into expensive shops, if it is a shopping jaunt then it is into charity, second hand, jumble shops, the like of which they used to visit when they were father and daughter out on the prowl together.
The object that he wishes her to find is not always for her and she hit the jackpot today.
She is meeting up with old friends after Christmas, there will be three generations of this family at the lunch in Putney, they don't live there but it is a convenient place for them all. There will be her friends, their daughter and her three children.
The first shop she went into was empty, well, it wasn't empty, it was full to the brim but she didn't get the all important nudge, they always give her a nudge or squeeze an arm through hers and tug her about-a-bit when they want to alert her to something.
It was when she was walking into the second shop that she felt the nudge, it was a big nudge towards the bookshelves at the back of the little shop.
It wasn't a book.. it was a marvellous, unused (as in un-opened) huge set of childrens games! You name it, it is in there. And right beside it, an adorable jigsaw puzzle, "oh, please let all the pieces be here" she said to herself, as she counted the forty five sections.
That was it.. that was what Hugo wanted her to find, how absolutely perfect. For you see, the grandparents have just returned to live in England after being in Kenya for twenty seven years and they will, undoubtedly, have these three small people to stay and what do grandparents do with children?
Well, they play and teach games of all sorts, so here is their starter pack together with a puzzle. The adult gifts are wrapped, all she has to do is wrap these two boxes for the children.
She will take a chocolate Salami to Karen tomorrow, then call into several shops to wish them all a happy holiday. Christmas Eve will find her celebrating the beginning of the Christian festival in St. Columba on Pont Street.
She will then come home and make a few telephone calls to dear friends around the world.. Tom, Bob, Claudia, Diane & Thierry.. to send them our love and wishes that they have a merry Christmas and that they and their families are happy and healthy.
When she was up on Kensington High Street this afternoon, she remembered Christmas of 1969 in her parents' home in Stafford Court. Oi vey.. such a long time ago. She had plans and her life would have been completely different if she had not changed her mind but she did and her life changed too.
You can't import any avian into Australia.. you would not be reading MY Blog.. scary thoughts folks.
FlapFlap.. I'm off to bed, it's way past my bedtime.. I might turn into a pumpkin any minute.
GeeGee Parrot.
December 23rd, 2014.
The three dishes that he produced for the final were real 'crackers' and as the three judges said "we all know who the winner is". Mouth watering dishes, so it was a good thing that our supper, that we ate before snuggling down to watch the programme, was tasty and ticked the taste buds.
Congratulations to him and as Monica said "I'll be watching this young chef's career with great interest", generous words from Monica, herself a great chef.
Now she was out-and-about today as instructed by her papa.. aka Hugo.. I know, he's been dead for over thirty years but she considers it 'not at all creepy' that Constance, Hugo and her most beloved aunt Hay darling all pay her a visit now and again.
Today's jaunt instructions was very clear, go to Kensington High Street. He never directs her into expensive shops, if it is a shopping jaunt then it is into charity, second hand, jumble shops, the like of which they used to visit when they were father and daughter out on the prowl together.
The object that he wishes her to find is not always for her and she hit the jackpot today.
She is meeting up with old friends after Christmas, there will be three generations of this family at the lunch in Putney, they don't live there but it is a convenient place for them all. There will be her friends, their daughter and her three children.
The first shop she went into was empty, well, it wasn't empty, it was full to the brim but she didn't get the all important nudge, they always give her a nudge or squeeze an arm through hers and tug her about-a-bit when they want to alert her to something.
It was when she was walking into the second shop that she felt the nudge, it was a big nudge towards the bookshelves at the back of the little shop.
It wasn't a book.. it was a marvellous, unused (as in un-opened) huge set of childrens games! You name it, it is in there. And right beside it, an adorable jigsaw puzzle, "oh, please let all the pieces be here" she said to herself, as she counted the forty five sections.
That was it.. that was what Hugo wanted her to find, how absolutely perfect. For you see, the grandparents have just returned to live in England after being in Kenya for twenty seven years and they will, undoubtedly, have these three small people to stay and what do grandparents do with children?
Well, they play and teach games of all sorts, so here is their starter pack together with a puzzle. The adult gifts are wrapped, all she has to do is wrap these two boxes for the children.
She will take a chocolate Salami to Karen tomorrow, then call into several shops to wish them all a happy holiday. Christmas Eve will find her celebrating the beginning of the Christian festival in St. Columba on Pont Street.
She will then come home and make a few telephone calls to dear friends around the world.. Tom, Bob, Claudia, Diane & Thierry.. to send them our love and wishes that they have a merry Christmas and that they and their families are happy and healthy.
When she was up on Kensington High Street this afternoon, she remembered Christmas of 1969 in her parents' home in Stafford Court. Oi vey.. such a long time ago. She had plans and her life would have been completely different if she had not changed her mind but she did and her life changed too.
You can't import any avian into Australia.. you would not be reading MY Blog.. scary thoughts folks.
FlapFlap.. I'm off to bed, it's way past my bedtime.. I might turn into a pumpkin any minute.
GeeGee Parrot.
December 23rd, 2014.
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