24.12.2024 Christmas Eve.

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 Tuesday 24th 32F/0C. A cloudy day with possible sunny periods or light showers. Up at 7am after a very quiet night. 

  If the walls and ceiling weren't so ugly the room might almost pass as acceptable in a dim light. I love the atmospheric feel of the vintage, glass cabinet containing my wife's Finnish art glass vases. 

 Shown here with an over-bright LED strip across the base. I am searching for a more understated, subtle lighting scheme. LEDs offer compactness but need to be in period. Warm white perhaps?

 11.30 More cloud than sunshine. Returning from the village supermarket with a bag full of groceries. Who knew that parsnips were an essential ingredient to Christmas dinner? 

14.00 Some tidying and vacuuming upstairs has occurred.

 The stove is going well now that there is no shortage of logs. Creeping slowly up from 66F/19C to 68F/20C.

 17.00 41F/5C. A largely overcast afternoon as the outside temperature climbed slowly. I have just been introduced to curried sild. Herring in a curry sauce. Very tasty and a traditional Danish delicacy apparently. It made a pleasant change from my habitual marmalade. Spread on my 5pm, toasted bread roll with a cup of tea and a digestive biscuit.

 20.00 I made dinner again. Handmade meatballs from organic beef mince. Cauliflower and boiled potatoes. With a fruity red wine. The gravy was made with Brun Sovs og piskefløder. 50% gravy browning sauce and 50% cream. It was all fine, if a bit mean on quantity,  but I prefer Bisto. Not readily available in Denmark. I don't know why I don't just order some online.

 

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