The recent cold snap has effected my largest fantail, Hemionie (Mum to my fry) in that every morning recently, when the tank has cooled down over night, she is sitting at the bottom in a sulky mood...Now the advice I have recieved from the fish forum has been varied and even suggested I put a heater in the tank, but I am not going to do anything as drastic as that! Its only effecting one fish and not the rest of them. Anyway I have set the heating to come on an hour earlier to warm the tank, gently, and I just hope this will help!!
Troika collecting news!
2 pieces I recently set a "snipe" on went for a price over what I had sniped so I dident get them. It was a bit of a bad idea though bidding for more Troika as I still have this refund looming over my head like the heads-mans axe!! So perhaps it just wasen't meant to be! Anyway an absolutly gorgeous "Chimney vase" finishes on Saturday evening. Its has a weird face design on the front and I have dated it to be circa 1969 as the artist, Marilyn Pascoe only worked for Troika untill about 1973 and this is definatly some of her earlier work. Now at the moment the vase in in the USA (apparently coming from an old Florida estate) and at the moment the bidding is standing at $227 USd (about £148) which is ok, for the moment and I have already emailed the seller for post charges to the UK which is going to be a very fair £18!! The seller even says in his listing that he would like this vase to be returned to England, so I thought "Come home to Mummy!!! you lovely Troika vase" and set a snipe on it for a goodly value!
At about tea-time yesterday the phone rang and it was Mum!
"Are you bringing me around this sausage cassarole or what?" She asked.
The night before I had made this cassarole and phoned Mum to ask if she wanted any, to which she had said yes, but I had totally forgotten about! So after dinner we took the short drive to her flat where I off loaded a large cassarole dish filled with my cassarole! But Mum had been baking and she had made us two loaves of Bread! (she is an expert bread maker) fresh and still warm from the oven! The bread she bagged up and placed in a carrier bag along with some onions for me as I am making a stew on Sunday, and a fresh cream scone for Derek! (its had been part of a pack of two) which I thought was a superb exchange for my cassarole! LOL!!! On Sunday, mum has invited us to lunch too!! But I will be making my stew in the evening in my slow cooker, and leave it to "mature" for a couple of days before serving....for those of you that dont cook, stew of any kind must be left to mature after cooking to bring out the full flavour! So between Mum and me for next week we have homemade stew and crusty home made bread with real butter! Heck my mouth is watering!! My stew will keep for up to too weeks if I dont freeze it, and my slow cooker holds enough for about 25 portions!
Ok I am peckish now.........whats for lunch!??