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That last in-text image, afore the acknowledgment, image-credit and sources-consulted sections, appeals to me.

The afore-mentioned image of the beautiful horse makes me mull whether the latter species meets smaller mammals in animal-sentient social mixes such as race horses and their feline sentients.

Might ring-tailed ground squirrels make siesta time on area horses' beautifully, comfortable, safe backs?

Thank you!

This all looks deliciously doable even as the afore-listed menus leave nothing out for a late-lunch Good Friday and a lovely Easter Sunday.

Might hot-cross buns always mix in the same cinnamon spice and the same fruit? If so, what might that fruit be?

The nearby grocery-store chain typically makes them with dried grapes as currants, raisins, sultanas.

Online sources indicate that Donna Leon is taking a break from the Brunetti series even as she informed us nothing of his itineraries in 2025 or in this year.

Internet sources say that there should be a sequel sometime after 2025-2026.

Wouldn't it be wonderful for the next Leon to work Caterina Pellegrini, her Romanian, Guido and his Paola together?

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.

It's sad to hear of your having "been unwell." Please know that every day I keep at least one listening session of Be Thou My Vision with you and Maureen and your family and with Veronica and her husband and their family in heart, mind and spirit.

It's wonderful to read of another Beswick article on the way!

Best Easter wishes to you and your wife and your family and to Veronica and her husband and their family!

Derdriu,
Further to your comments about Easter food, I have added this separate page.

Yes. We have peat bogs aplenty, and many areas of Britain are reclaimed bog lands. I do not live on reclaimed bog land, but as I live near the River Mersey, there are areas near mine that are reclaimed bog. A bog used to be called a moss in Northern England, and you can infer the presence of bogs in the region by the fact that a road near mine is Moss Road. My allotment was next to a bogland known as Black Moss. These are common place names

I have been a bit slow recently, as I have been unwell. I am unsure about the new article, as I started and then stopped. I will return to writing soon.

Wow! Your Easter feast inspires me to imagine it for this western-pond side too.

Might you make the below-mentioned recipes available so that I may make them Veronica-style?

What ice cream should I serve?

(My plans for Easter with colcannon, pork, mayo apple cake will work for Ascension Day ;-D)

Easter is our main religious feast and I always do an English roast leg of lamb, with an apricot and fresh rosemary glaze. Easter Dessert is always an apple dessert , usually apple shortbread with ice cream and also a chocolate mini egg English cheesecake .

Apples . For an apple dessert, I always use English cooking apples, which are always green.

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observations and question.

Books that I have been reading about global chill, global thaw have herded among extreme weather-unfriendly strategies honing our world's peat bogs.

Isn't your Great Britain/United Kingdom of the eastern-pond side known for peat bogs?

What is involved in "improving" peat bogs?

Thank you for such a fact-filled, fun, functional foray through world-favorite colors!

The Matisse portrait and its colorful interpretation particularly interest me even as the other nine inspire me to investigate all your informative links.

Van Gogh is an artist whose imagery inspires me even as his woody-plant interpretations invoke real-world accuracy.

The afore-listed artist lodged lovely blues and yellows together.

So might there not be a Van Gogh blue?

Thank you for all the marvelous, wonderful, wondrous recipes.

It's inspirational itinerating my way through the Lenten fast by daily Bible readings in the languages that I know -- there's now an online audio Bible in Quechua/Runa Shimi! -- and by imagining which Veronica recipes to incorporate into St. Patrick's Day, Easter and Pentecost.

This year, I intend your Irish soda bread, North Irish soda bread and Irish stew recipes for Pentecost even as this Easter involves your colcannon and pork coddle and your mayo apple cake.

What apple colors and names match your cake best with the above-mentioned main and side dishes (and with Dalganlan Irish cream ;-D)?

Your comment below on 01/16/2016 advises us that "Thanks Mira. There is another article due on line in a minute."

Which other article does your observation defer to?

Ty for your kind comments . Much appreciated . I have always believed in keeping alive the food of our ethnic forebears .
I cooked an Irish Pork Coddle for St Patrick's Day . It was so good. My husband has asked can we have this again. I served it with colcannon and had a glass of Dalganlan Irish cream too.
I shall post it above .

Delicious ideas!

Every year I consult this wizzley even as I commit myself to at least one dish counting among the comestibles for my favorite St. Patrick's Day.

Thank you for all the marvelous, wonderful, wondrous recipes that ensure happy eaters on this side of the Atlantic pond ;-D!

Best wishes always to you and your husband and your family and to Frank and Maureen and their family!