Kitchen Cove; 11.43. 17.12.16

All calm down at the Cove this morning and a very low tide. I ventured down to the the water's edge and the wellies got stuck in thick oozing mud. Lots of birdlife - some very noisy herring gulls, a solitary startling white egret, another smaller wading bird, some oyster catchers  and alone heron. No humans.  The extra is still in the Cove but because it was such a low tide I managed to walk out to areas not normally accessible and the reflections in the water were rather fine.

Friends coming for lunch tomorrow so I got everything ready today. I made a ton of pastry and two lots of mince pies (sons also arriving shortly). All going well until I went to get the second lot of mince pies out of the oven, was not sensible and didn't use the oven glove just a T towel, burnt my fingers and dropped the lot. You might have heard the shriek  followed by the ripe Anglo-saxon from where you are. Worst of all, once the mincemeat hit colder surfaces (and it hit a lot of them) it set hard and sticky. I have had to wash everything down, including the floor.

And thanks for all the nice comments re Pa. I'm enjoying thinking about him and reappreciating him.