A Faux Sunset

With the overnight returned gale force winds and driving rain persisting Jackie and I splashed and sprayed our way to the Salinger’s home at Walkford where we joined Shelly and Ron, Helen and Bill for a lunch date having been several times postponed because of illness of one or other, or two of the sisters. The now familiar pools across the roads had been supplemented by new arrivals.

We enjoyed a relaxed buffet lunch based on Helen’s rather good giant quiche. Various white wines were quaffed. Much catching up was carried out, followed by our feeble attempts at completing John Eales’s Annual quiz, with coffee, mints, and Shelly’s moist Christmas cake.

As we returned home a break in the weather had occurred giving louring indigo clouds colourful pink and golden tinges. This created excitement about a potential sunset down at Milford on Sea so I nipped indoors at home for a loo break and to collect my camera. Within five minutes the rain had returned and the sky once more turned slate grey. Ever the optimists we drove to Milford anyway.

Here is the sunset.

Back at home I published

St John’s Eve

This evening we all dined on pork spare ribs; prawn toasts; and Jackie’s colourful savoury rice. No further wine was imbibed.

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  7. Those are beautiful photos in stormlight, Derrick and Jackie. I am glad you were able to make you lunch date, but also worry about you two out and about in such weather.

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  9. Fickle weather permitting, enjoy this first week of the New Year. A baby-pink sky tonight on the Costa Blanca augurs well for our coffee date with ex neighbours from the UK in the morning. Cheers.

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  12. You have captured just how our skies have looked all day Derrick…. Heavy and full of rain, so dark the light has been on most of the day..
    Have a wonderful New Year… sending Hugs your way xx

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  14. Your lunch date sounds like a wonderful gathering. Your weather, on the other hand, makes me feel happy to be home in the bright sunshine 🙂

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  19. I’m glad you all finally had the long awaited lunch date.

    The rains continue here but thankfully the wind has dropped, which has been a good thing, especially as Joshua and I put out the overflowing recycling bins and dismantled cardboard boxes a day early. I was convinced that yesterday was Wednesday! Joshua didn’t even question it!
    If the wind had continued the whole lot would have been scattered down the lane and shared amongst neighbours.

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  20. It was lovely to see everyone after all our long convalescence, wasn’t it? The quiz was by John Eales btw. But you were right about the feeble attempt!! 😀 xx

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    1. Of course I knew it was your John’s. It must have been the wine. Now corrected, Helen. Thanks very much.

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    1. Yes – a Chinese starter dish. Do you not know them – they are pretty standard over here.

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    1. She doesn’t use them, but often fried the rice first and adds colourful items such as peppers, sweetcorn, peas, and onions as she goes along. Thanks very much Lenore

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