Thursday 12th / Friday 13th June - sometimes

 there just aren't enough hours in the day... which is why this post never got any further than the date and the music;

I thought I'd give Stravinsky a go; an extract from Petrushka. Watching the orchestra is hugely enjoyable, but I'm undecided about the music. It's certainly colourful, bright and energetic. Perhaps if I watched the ballet...

The poinsettia that wouldn't die is definitely determined to live;

I have a feeling that I need to do something technical with keeping it in the dark or the light or in the cold or the warm to persuade the leaves - bracts? - to go red at Christmas. Maybe I'll look it up.

We've discovered baked potatoes as an alternative to sandwiches for our evening meal. It makes a change and doesn't take long.

 (We've been having our main meal at lunchtime, and a lighter snack meal at about 6pm for many years now. If, like me, you are prone to reflux overnight, this can make quite a difference)

At suppertime I use small to medium potatoes; I scrub and pierce the skins in the usual way, microwave on high for 6 minutes turning half way through,  and then airfry on 190°C for 20 minutes, turning half way. I follow the same process for large lunchtime potatoes, but microwaving for a total of 8-10 minutes and airfrying for a total of 30 minutes. 

Tonight we had small baked potatoes with a little butter, cold meat and 'picky bits' - tomatoes, cucumber, strawberries, all arranged on a plate.

We ate watching the end of the Raducanu/Zheng tennis match. Zheng won, but she is the Olympic champion, so not a great surprise. 

More music - something entirely different to the Stravinsky; 

Yuja Wang playing the Scarlatti sonata K455 with such amazing delicacy.