It was extremely windy the previous night and so it was a good idea to go to the orchards. Ellie likes running around there chasing rabbits and also she loves apples as much as I do and we share the windfalls as we walk. As it had been windy there were plenty of fresh apples on the ground! The pickers were there in the next orchard, so they are in the middle of harvesting. They really are so delicious and juicy. The sad part is the amount they discard because they are the wrong shape or size! I know that the supermarkets buy up whole orchards. There are also a lot of locals advertising free apples that have fallen in the winds. It’s nice that people around here share. Looks as though I’ll be making apple crumble for Sunday!
Mal brought more vegetables from the allotment so I made some vegetable soup for lunch. I add lentils and orzo too.
In the afternoon I had my health check at the doctors. They tend to look after you when you are over 65! It’s the first cholesterol check I have ever had.
For dinner we had sea bass (whole sea bass on offer at £2.52 each at Tesco), followed by figs, we could have been back in Cyprus! We always ate a lot of sea bass there and figs when they were in season.
Thought for the Day – “Understand that you own nothing, everything that surrounds you is temporary, only the love in your heart will last forever.”