Would you like to wish on a star or a doctor? Carry moonbeams home in a jar or a Tardis?

I had a wish and I wasted it. Once, many years ago in the ‘Lounge’ of the Savage River pub I wished that the band would play the ‘Jeremiah was a bullfrog’ song, and lo and behold they did!! What a waste of a wish. I should have wished for world peace, or a Tattslotto win. Yesterday , on the phone to Aunty Captain Mrs Archer I wished that the Star Wars pins would have both Alec Guinness as ‘Old Ben Kenobi” AND Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi. And blow me down this morning if they aren’t both on the changey pin!! I have wasted a wish again!!! This week is a good week : dinosaur excursion on Wednesday, Star Wars film on Thursday and then Dr Who on Saturday. I hope I am well. I should wish it really!!! I am spending happy minutes humming the approprate songs, including Da daa, da da da daaaa daa, da da da daaaa daa , da da da daa, and Dr Who –o, Dr Who from Doctorin’ The Tardis. (See how I am truly a sad person?)
I am knitting away very well. I have completed the underarm part and now I am onto the front. I have to think of a pattern for the patterned section (obviously!!) I think I will do cables, but with no purls behind them. The colour changes look boogelly with purl rows. I know I have already done it with the basket stitch, but no more!! I knitted my way through the doco about the Minotaur and then North and South.
Peri is eating an apple and Harki has pulled the head of TeddyBunny teddy. He is all unstuffed now. The Labradors want to be fed. they are going to have the bones and skin of the salmon. They will love it. It will flavour the celery and cabbage!!
Italian Ricotta Slice
250 g ricotta
50 g dark chocolate
100 g mixed glace fruit ( I like some dried as well)
100 g icing sugar
frozen puff pastry
1 egg
flaked almonds

Preheat oven to 180 C ( 160 ff) and grease and line a tray. In a processor or blender make the cheese smooth then add the chocolate, fruit and icing sugar. Pulse till just combined. If using pastry sheets, roll them thinner then line tray with pastry, spread ricotta mixture down the centre, leaving a 10 cm line the tray. Otherwise roll out the block of pastry to fit. Fold in the sides till they just touch the filling, press down, glaze with the beaten egg and sprinkle with almonds. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool slightly then dust with icing sugar.