It’s been very windy all day particularly in my street.

I know that it is more windy in my street than other places as I could see my tree in the distance swaying back and forward ,but I was several hundred metres away and there was no wind.

It has bothered me all day at some level as not having double glazing the wind is quite loud inside. I think it’s because of the gusts which are as strong as any I have heard are regularly so fierce that I am constantly waiting for something to happen.

This morning I had a plan to go out and buy wine and then make biscuits.

The first part of this plan went well. I took more photos and am considering expanding the theme I’m working on. I’m also noticing parts of Pisticci which I ignored before.

The second part of my plan didn’t go well. I thought I would use up a jar of chocolate spread by making biscuits which I would then freeze. This would prevent me from eating spoonfuls of chocolate spread in the middle of the night or when I was passing the cupboard or any time I remembered it was there.

I found a recipe online. It needed 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of choc spread and 1 egg. I put them all in a mixing bowl and mixed them together with a wooden spoon. The recipe worked perfectly. I made little balls and then sqished them flattish.

Then I put them in the top shelf of my gas oven and turned the heat as low as possible. Despite looking at them every 2 minutes (recipe says 350 for 10 mins, but my cooker has no numbers and is a beast) they were black underneath before they were cooked on top.

I put in the next tray full and took them out even earlier. They were also black on the bottom. ( I tried scraping them, but it didn’t help.

They are now in the organic bin and I suppose I’ve solved the problem of eating chocolate spread in the middle of the night. Could have been better though.

My next local scene is ready to start painting.

I think the wind has dropped a bit now. It’s not quite so loud.

My wine store is replenished. ( incase there is a shortage of wine.)

Cheers🍷🍷