A Quiet Friday Afternoon...

i rarely rarely get a quite anyday afternoon, let alone one on a Friday and i have taken full advantage....

i have cooked myself a lovely and healthy lunch (so i dont feel any guilt later when the whiskey gets opened!)

chicken, stir fried with broccoli, peppers, onions, mushrooms and brown rice (otherwise known as putting all the bits and pieces that needed using up from my fridge into a wok and cooking with lemon juice and soy sauce!) delicious, filling, yummy...

accompanied by a pot of tea. until recently, my favourite goto tea for relaxation  was green tea with jasmine, which, while maintaining its status in my ranks of favourites, it has been knocked off the top spot by my discovery of Pukka teas. http://www.pukkaherbs.com

bliss....especially chamomile and vanilla...

after both i felt deliciously full and relaxed and finished the rest of the book i have been reading which i really really really cant recommend highly enough...
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children. its a modern day fairy tale for adults, with a little bit of sadness, a little bit or horror and a lot of fantasy with an ending that could inspire a sequel....which i really really hope it does. I sat down to read it last night and could not stop reading it until tiredness caused my eyes to droop and my bed to call me...and i had the luxury of a quiet afternoon in which to finish it today.

And should you find yourself with a quiet afternoon for yourself to dedicate to some nice food, a pot of tea and  a very enjoyable satisfying read, may i suggest you follow the instructions as above, find a comfy chair, perhaps the addition of some Joni Mitchell (i have recently rediscovered blue and am loving it once again...especially 'A case of you')

 and spend your afternoon on a fantastic little imaginary island of the coast of Wales...
http://www.overflowinglibrary.com/2011/06/review-miss-peregrines-home-for.html

a most relaxing and wonderful ending to a hectic week and beginning of a hectic weekend...
xxxxx