Hello everyone and a blessed Sunday and St Valentine’s Day to you all. I hope this post finds you all well. A cold, snowy week has passed and now it is time to reflect on what we’ve been doing, reading and watching over that time.
It was another quiet and steady time at school with ‘my boys’ and colleagues, although we were all feeling tired as this was the last week in what has been a long, difficult half-term. Now we can look forward to a well-deserved week off! 😌 Outside of work, I haven’t been up to much, with lockdown, other than trying out a new recipe; which was the Lamb, Spinach and Potato Curry from Si King & Dave Myer’s The Hairy Dieters cookbook. A delicious, big warming pot of goodness and again you would never know this was a dieting recipe! 🍛
As the bitter wind and snow flurries blew outside, I have enjoyed another good reading week, snuggled up in a blanket! First I finished my thoroughly enjoyable re-read of the classic, chivalric-romance, Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. 🏰 Then I set off in the romantic suspense, Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart, for a sun-kissed holiday in southern France, with the widowed Charity Selborne, who inadvertently find herself caught up in a dangerous scheme! So far, so good! 🌞
I have also continued dipping in and out of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places by Neil Oliver. I have now reached place number 7: Newgrange and Knowth, County Meath, with its monumental Megalithic art! ☘
While most of my spare time was spent reading (or sleeping 😅), I did get myself deeply engrossed in ITV’s true-crime mini-series, The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021): a drama starring Luke Evans as Detective Steve Wilkins, as he reinvestigates two unsolved murder cases, which he believes could be the work of a undiscovered serial killer. Gripping stuff! 🔎Now I am not sure what to start next – Do let me know if you have any recommendations.
I have also been catching up on all the matches from this year’s Six Nations Championship, which kicked off last weekend. Sadly England had a dismal first match against Scotland, but thankfully things went better in their second match against Italy yesterday. 🏉 Come on you ‘Lions’! 🦁
For now, that’s all folks! Today will be a quiet day of reading, blogging and watching my church’s online service. I look forward to catching up with you all next Sunday. Where ever you are in the world, I hope you and your loved ones are well: staying healthy and happy. God bless and bye for now!👋🙏🙂
Now I’d love to hear from you: How you are? What you have been reading and watching? How has work and life been for you?
I have linked this post into the weekly meme, The Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer.
We really enjoyed The Pembrokeshire Murders. Recent series that we’ve enjoyed – The Serpent (which was very well done indeed), Queen’s Gambit which we loved, and also The Undoing. We’ve now started watching Luther and so far liking it – up to series 3 already.
Lynn 😀
Glad to hear you really enjoyed The Pembrokeshire Murders and plenty of other shows too, Lynn 🙂
I hope you enjoy your week off and try to stay warm. I haven’t seen The Pembrokeshire Murders, but it sounds like a series I would enjoy. It sounds like you have been enjoying our reading–always a good thing! Have a great week!
Thank you, Wendy 😊 I hope you will have the chance to watch The Pembrokeshire Murders at some point.
I’m glad you’ve got some time off this week. The snow has melted here.. and I miss it already. Now it’s only wet and grey outside.
Have a great week and happy reading.
Thank you, Maureen 😊 While I am missing the snow, I am looking forward to spring now 🌸
Happy Valentine’s Day! Lovely view! It’s been cold and snowy here too, and while it’s almost been TOO cold, I d like the crispness of the air.
Hope you have a great break! 🙂
Thank you, Greg 😊 While I have loved the snow and crisp air, I didn’t enjoy digging myself out each morning to drive to work! 😅
The Pembrokeshire Murders sounds really good! Snuggling up with a blanket while it’s blustery outside sounds like a wonderful idea. Sounds like you had some warm comforting food to go with. Enjoy your week, Jessica! 🙂
Thank you, Rachel and I certainly have enjoyed staying in snuggled up with warming food and comforting viewing and reading. 😊
I’ve read Mary Stewart, but am not familiar with that title… sounds like a perfect escape. Enjoy your week off!
Thank you, JoAnn 😊 I believe Madam, Will You Talk? was Mary Stewart’s first published novel and it is certainly proving a great escapist read so far! 😎
Glad you’ve got a half term holiday where you can recharge your batteries, Jessica:). I love the sound of the Neil Oliver book and I hope you get plenty of chances to unwind and tuck into some lovely reads during the comign week:))).
Thank you so much, SJ 😊 and Neil Oliver’s book is proving as fascinating as the man himself. in fact I got rather hooked on it Sunday and have now got up to place number 14! 😁
Thank you for the recommendation, Jessica:). I’ll keep a lookout for it!
The Story of the British Isles sounds like an interesting read. Have a wonderful week! ❤️
Thank you, Tessa and so far The Story of the British Isles has been a fascinating read. In fact I got rather hooked on it Sunday and have now read up to place number 14! 😊
A sun-kissed holiday in southern France sounds really good about now. 🙂
Doesn’t it just, Nicole?! 😎
How nice that you have a week off to look forward to! It’s a 3-day holiday weekend for us and for those in Louisiana (where my younger daughter and her family live), Tuesday is also a holiday. I baked a Mardi Gras King Cake today. 😀 We’re awaiting a winter storm (which tends to bring things to a stand-still in my part of the country), so I don’t know if we’ll be able to do our “drive through” Ash Wednesday service this week.
I rarely watch anything these days, but did see the new live-action Mulan this week. It’s not a musical or as funny as the animated version, but very good!
Thank you, Kelly! I hope that you and your family will enjoy your 3-day holiday and your Mardi Gras King cake – I have to admit I had to look up what that was, but it looks great! Tuesday is called Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day for us here in the UK, so as the second name suggests we eat lots of pancakes before the start of Lent instead of cake. 😁 I also hope you will be able to go to your drive-through Ash Wednesday service – Our church is having a short service on Zoom instead. 🙏
I am glad to hear you enjoyed the new live-action version Mulan, but I don’t think it is for me: as it was the songs, humour and Mushu the Dragon that made the original film for me! 🐲
Happy Valentine’s Day! Sounds like you had some great reading and watching this week. I hope you have another great week!
Thank you so much, Yvonne 😊
Enjoy your down time. Glad to see the recipe worked out well.
Thank you, Kimberly 🙂
I hope you enjoy your time off for half term. That does seem like a good reading week. The Neil Oliver book sounds interesting!
Thank you so much, Helen and I have really been enjoying Neil Oliver’s book, in fact I got rather hooked on it Sunday and have now got up to place number 14! 😊
Happy Valentine’s day ! It’s freezing here too but at least the sun is shining bright 🙂 I saw the trailer for The Pembrokeshire murders and want to watch it later, I’m glad you loved it. Enjoy your week off and have a great week.
Thank you, Izabel and I hope you will enjoy watching The Pembrokeshire Murders, too! 😊 Hopefully we’ll have slightly warmer weather this week and soon see the signs of spring! 🌸