This Week in Wijnjewoude 2022

  Week 45 As I write to my kids and grandkids every week...I found it interesting to read this... If you want to communicate with someone call them or send a text. It's quite simple. The whole world doesn't need to know you're doing that. What a mess we've gotten ourselves into with our social media and our media and our phones. ...but I forget where I read it. Sunny 2022 2022 is the sunniest since records began in 1901, with the number of hours of sunshine set to top 2100 on Tuesday or Wednesday, the Telegraaf reported on Tuesday. (and still with 7 weeks to go). Boat Stuff The route to Rotterdam - interactive (Google) map with photos https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1AtNDYhZmu3i-OmAO_fEeDKbGkAFqZPc&usp=sharing (aka"getting through the winter months") I'm also planning a route to Paris. A possibilty that there will be three boats at least as far as somewhere in Belgium... Jacoba, Houtrib and Johanna Getting to Weesp is old hat now... Weesp to ...

  Week 44 On Sunday, I made the roast lamb and Janny made the cranberry cheesecake. The Albert Heijn supermarket had a traybake in their easy meals selection. It was more than enough for three people  and costs only €3,99. The New Zealand roast lamb was from a specialty catering chain and cost €30,00 - we ended up with 5 meals - 3 for the roast and 2 for bubble and squeak. My own mint sauce, the way Mum used to make it. Very occasionally, I find mint sauce in a remote shop, but they are not big lamb eaters over here. Monday. We had work for only half a day and then a funeral of one of Janny's Uncles. He was 85. Not many of them left now. The Boat On Tuesday, Tjeerd and I sealed up the boat and took the doors and other wooden bits home for varnishing. The motor has been fixed. I'm now trying to learn about calculating propeller sizes. My boat specialist is going to have a look in March to see if anything can be gained by changing it. (Just a niggling suspicion on my part). I st...

Gas Prices "Every mild week in winter is a God given," an EU official quipped when speaking to EUobserver on condition of anonymity. On Friday, it was 20 C - we haven't had the central heating on at all yet. Our gas company keeps putting up the monthly pre-payments - we can only hope that we at least break even when the yearly calculation is made. I mowed the grass yesterday - unthinkable this far into October - and expecting 20 C again today. My walk this morning... More or less at peace with the world on my 72nd Birthday! My Sunday Roast Lamb and lemon cheesecake are not going to be spoilt by the war or energy prices! The gerrymandering in the USA, however is even more of a worry. They'll probably take the rest of the world down with them, unfortunately. This week discussing the book Laboratories of Autocracy by David Pepper https://alfranken.com/the-al-franken-podcast Water Tales Over the last couple of weeks there have been some terrible incidents involving the w...