Happy Birthday Cherry, I hope you ahve a lovely day! ?
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I don't mind being Grammareto for a while (or even that Freudian slip of a breadfordlass) 
. I can throw a few pots whilst she's here dealing with horizontal rain you could surf on.
Panace and Marydoll I'm thinking of you. If I could scoop you up and bring you here to pamper and look after, I would.
Happy Birthday, belatedly to dear Cherry I hope you enjoyed the delicious tripe in Mamissimo's birthday greeting.
I've programmed my computer to permanently produce tripe - you've probably noticed
Visit today from a man who has actually retired from the job I rang him about, but from the goodness of his heart is coming to look at my portable gas heater. I suspect he'll tell me it's not worth repairing. 
There's a heat pump installed in this wee, rented house but I can't afford to run it, so my little gas fire, which I use only on the very coldest mornings, has given me good service.
Today is the birthday of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593) so I'll share a painting by her. She did not have an easy life.
Doodle If I was desperate for the loo, this scenario would have me crossing my legs and pogo-ing to the nearest:
the drizzle.... an ice cream whilst walking round the water garden. Gosh, you're brave.
I was assuming Cherry had a similar accident when she wrote:
my sketchers and socks got sodden but that wasn't because of the rain ...... but it seems she may have walked into the sea!
The gas-tank man assured me the heater is just fine and one tank is good until 2022, so that's a relief. The back-up tank has expired though.
Whilst he was here, the weather went absolutely barmy and when we opend the door, there was a little drift of hailstones in the porch. (see photo)
Back to Doodle:
If you can get hold of coconut cream powder, a tablespon or two of that always softens the fire of an Indian meal and to me, is much better than yoghurt (although I use that too, especially to make a raita).
If you can only get tins of it, what you don't use in your savoury meal, will make a lovely rice pudding. Samoan people often make it and add pineapple when serving.
The trick with Indian food is not to drink water to try and cool your mouth (lager too is a myth) it's better to drink milk or a lassi, as it's the fat content which does the cooling.
Friends dropped in yesterday and suggested we all go out for lunch on Tuesday. 
I shall introduce them to Bikanervala, a vegetarian restaurant where they make the most divine Masala Dosa. That'll be fun.
Thinking of our dear cellmates currently in hospital; hope all is well. 
grammaretto ....it said water resistant on the box. Obviously it was the box which was water resistant, not the shoes.
Doodle no, not water, it's milk you need to cool your mouth after eating Indian foods.
Yes, I will post pictures of the CuddleUp once it's finished. It's all tacked but I now have to wait for Alison, who has the sewing machine.
It's been known to snow where I live but not often. We get frost on the lawn but that's usually burned off with sunrise.
About 350 km down the road are the famous Whakapapa
& Ruapehu ski fields and during the school holidays (just begun)_ families flock down there for fun in the snow.
Not me, if I never saw snow again I'd be 'appy.
Let's hope Ruapehu doesn't erupt again this year. The naughty mountain quite ruined the snow season last time.
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