Ellie stayed with us overnight. There was no need for the alarm clock. We could sleep as long as we wished. Unfortunately, Ellie wished to stir at 06:30 and so it was that 10 minutes later, she was watching Diane's iPad and I was downstairs making my first coffee of the day. Zoe came to collect her soon after 09:00, by which time I was on the weekly call with my cousins. The attendance was a bit sparse this week but it was the usual mix of gossip, reminiscences, and banter.
With the call over I finished reading the news and then set off for a walk. A couple of kilometres would be enough to take me over the 50 km mark for the month. I actually covered nearly 6 as I marched through the back streets listening to my audiobook.
Despite a yellow weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms, we have had a lovely day (though there was a little rain overnight). We made the most of the warm afternoon and sat in the Orangery with our Kindles.
I broke off, mid-afternoon, in order to prepare some rice for tomorrow's family lunch. (It's Kim's birthday and she has requested my Japanese-style chicken and Prawn rice). It is many years since I have made this and I no longer have the recipe. I thought I should get the rice cooked today and store it in the fridge so I can stir-fry it tomorrow. I may have overdone the quantities. Laying out the cooked yellow rice to cool took a work surface the size of a football pitch (without the lines and goals). Eventually, I found a large enough dish and managed to get it into the fridge.
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