Paradise huh?

Well most of this day was spent in the shower room, not the bathroom/potty room...no, that's down the hall like in a Paris pension hotel. The object of interest was finishing the crown moulding project. Yes, yes...it's done, not the best job but not too bad either. It looks presentable at least. It still needs another coat of paint as all my handling has made it less than clean looking. Now I get to go on to the next step, creating the shelf for just above the wainscotting. More fun, more strange angles and more painting. I moved the shower enclosure into it's final location and i tlooks good. No leaks at all now, at least when I shower in it, your mileage may differ. Any leak winds up on the ceiling and ultimately onto the floor of the library below on the ground floor.
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I cooked an Indian green curry over basmati rice with blanched broccoli in lemon as the vegetable. I know you are expecting the recipe but frankly, this one is so bloody complicated and full of roasted then ground spices that you will cringe at the very idea of all this work. It IS worth the effort however and you should make the effort at least ONCE to taste what real curry is all about! I don't use curry powder and you shouldn't either, I use the individual spices of Garam Masala, here's a description of them:

from Wikipedia...Garam masala is a blend of ground spices common in the Indian cuisine, whose literal meaning is 'hot (or warm) spice'. There are many variants: most traditional mixes use just cinnamon, roasted cumin, cloves, nutmeg (and/or mace) and green cardamom seed or black cardamom pods. Many commercial mixtures may include more of other less expensive spices and may contain dried red chili peppers, dried garlic, ginger powder, sesame, mustard seeds, turmeric, coriander, bay leaves, cumin, and fennel. While commercial garam masala preparations can be bought ready ground, it does not keep well, and soon loses its aroma. Whole spices, which keep fresh much longer, can be ground when needed using a mortar and pestle or electric coffee grinder.

, roast and then grind them and include 1 can of coconut milk, 4 medium potatoes peeled, chopped coarsely, 2 apples similarly processed without seeds or skin and cooked chicken cubed as the main ingredients. Salt and papper of course to taste, over white rice...basmati is best, 20 minute or more only need apply, let it rest another 10 minutes after cooking off the burner if you want fluffy wonderful rice. I include a few thin slices of lemon and a pinch or two of salt as it cooks. Nice to have the added flavor to your rice.

Before dinner, yes I know it's backwards...anyway...
we went to the little church at the carefour (4 corners) being used as a venue for part of the Bain Douche's Spring Music Festival. The Bain Douche is the old public bath building in town, now converted to a nice theater with italianate modern red seating. The chapel near the carefour is for overflow acts and public performances that are free. It is a tiny church, built in the style of a 15th century miniature cathedral complete with local saints immortalized in stained glass. We became guests of honor when we noticed the producers SUN RECORDS T-shirt and made comment about it, he guessed out origin immediately (How I wonder?) and we were tickets number 1 and 2. We took seats down front when the doors openned. Franck Monnet was the star of the hour and his voice and guitar playing were exceptional. Well worth the price! No joke, he was wonderful and entertaining and musical as he could be. He got two ovations after a 90 minute performance! A little village like ours with a real music scene, amazing!