I'm in the midst of making a pie for dinner. The turkey & mushroom filling is just cooling a bit before I add the pastry top. We're off to the supermarket today.
I'm half-dreading it. One bit of me suspects it will be heaving with people, restocking for the New Year festivities; the other half fears the shelves will be empty, not regarded worth properly refilling until after the end of all the holiday season. But we do need some milk & a few other odds & ends so we will have to go.
There is a bit of me that feels relieved at the idea of doing food shopping. At the best of times supermarket shopping is not a favourite task to do - a necessary evil, that's all. But it is part of everyday normal life & I'm definitely ready to get back to that!
Yesterday we ventured to the Pub. They were very busy, getting ready for one party of over 50 diners, not to mention the usual passing trade. We dropped PD home afterwards.
Even in the couple of hours we'd been in the Pub the car had begun to once more freeze up. The doors were definitely stiff & clunky to open. The main roads were fine but the side roads were very slippery. You could see a fine layer of frost glittering under the street lights. We were glad to get back home.
Throughout the night we kept looking out. The car got ever whiter as the temperatures plummeted. It had never got over freezing all day. I hate to think what it must have got to in the middle of the night. The Fox noticed -10 when he ventured out to the garage at one point. Needless to say today is whiter than ever. I once more put a few extras out for the birds. They're going to need it in this weather.
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