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Quiet day today. Rainy and grey. I didn't do much except make a big batch of chicken stock. There's a really good butcher in Warkworth, and when I asked if they had necks and backs for soup stock, he said he had whole carcasses and brought out a big bag of bones from which they'd removed their cuts. There was quite a bit of meat still on the bones. Brilliant! Tomorrow we'll have chicken soup, but I'll also freeze up the clear liquid in 2-cup measures so that I can make pumpkin (squash) and other potages in the days to come. Wonderful for lunches on rainy days.

TODAY'S TIDBIT

It takes a bit of getting used to the time difference. We're eleven hours ahead of the UK. (When its 6 pm here, it's 7 am in the UK.). And we're five hours behind BC, but tomorrow. (When it's 6 pm here, it's 11 pm yesterday in BC.). When we flew down, we lost a day, but we'll gain it back when we fly home. Fun, eh?