Little Boxes

We have to thank Ellen for kindly bringing some things back for us from the UK in her suitcase rather than in the container she has coming over.  After we had lost our TV box in one of the mega thunderstorms recently I had ordered a replacement (and a spare) from Amazon and had them delivered to her in the UK expecting them to come in due course as we are ok for TV as we have a working box and a semi-working box (which seems to be on its last legs).  John has been moaning about the dodgy one for days so he was pleased that these new ones had come earlier than anticipated and that was going to be his project this afternoon - getting at least one up and working.  

Ellen had also brought me the hostas I had ordered which had been delivered as bare roots as per the photograph above.  She was worried that they would not survive the length of time it would take for them to arrive in the container.  That was so kind of her because I expect she is right and now I have a better chance of getting them to grow.  One has begun to shoot already so I now need to get pots and possibly some more compost.  I am due to go to the Garden Centre with Di tomorrow so will get pots then.

We had opted for a quiet day today and it is the start of a new Droushia Lockdown Challenge - the subject is Bees, Honey, Hives and I decided to get my art entries done and dusted because otherwise the two weeks race by and I am panicking to get something done.

John was busy reading one of the books I had given him for Christmas and keeping an eye on the England cricket 20/20 match where England clutched defeat from the jaws of victory with a monumental collapse.

We were in the conservatory because it was infinitely warmer than the rest of the house because at that time the sun was shining.

When Ellen came round she said she was having trouble with her Alexa because she kept saying that there was a connection issue.  I explained that, because she had been using her in the UK she needed to connect her to the internet in the house here.  Ellen said she didn't know how to do that and was loathe to bother Richard as he was straight in busy trying to catch up on not working for the last 7 weeks so I said I would pop round and sort it as it would be a quick job - famous last words because I think after I had managed to set up the Alex app on her phone and change the internet an hour and a half had elapsed and it was peeing down with rain and we had a rolling mist.  For some reason Alexa refused to reset and refused to join the new network - typical woman being in a strop!!!  I had gone round in my slippers and no coat so was really happy to see John pitch up with a raincoat and a brolly!!!

We needed something hearty and warming for supper and I had some pork tenderloin that I planned to turn into a stir fry and serve with noodles.  This was a triumph if I do say so myself.  The pork was dusted in cornflour and piri-piri spices and stir fried with red peppers, snow-peas, chili and spring onions with a home-made spicy sauce.  I shall most definitely be making that again.  Here is the recipe Best Crispy Pork Stir Fry