‘A still evening along Maastricht’s waterway.

 

      

Europe is into the four-day Easter weekend, stretched a bit to make six for many folks.  For me, ‘just another day at the office, with a couple of major issues headed towards resolution (who knew that Salt Lake City might be my mecca for sterilization validation and biocompatibility testing?).

The weather warmed and turned sunny for a day, although winds and rain are forecast to drop in for the weekend.  The Guardian correctly recommended leek and potato soup under the circumstance, palliative for the lack of spring, but was hopelessly mired in the details.  For me, it should be both simple and inclusive. 

  

An 8-ingredient recipe, trimmed to the essentials.  And, as a bit of a one-pot wonder, adding whatever is on-hand (onion alongside leeks, double-cream for milk, a touch of chestnut mushroom for flavor since I only have mild cheddar). 

The result, trimmed with parsley and crème fraîche, served with warm buttered olive bread slices,was nice indeed.

As was the sunset.  It was low tide along Sandbanks, washmarks and stranded boats adding foreground to the orange and blue skies over Brownsea Island.

 

    

And when the lights came on along Shore Road at twilight, again, it was very nice, indeed.

 

    

A long day getting the end-of-month accounts done: receipts, exchange rates, time sheets, VAT.  It’s probably the worst job of the quarter, every quarter.

At the end, I just needed to set it aside and get a little bit of an airing.  The Quay is always a good destination, people and a festival spirit, boats and beers.  Tonight was misty low cloud and mist, hard to get any photos that weren’t just grey and flat.

  

But when it got a bit darker and the lights came on, it took on a nice character, even with the crummy camera built into the Nexus.

  

‘gotta love catching the ‘Magic Hour’