A matrix of yeast and bacteria

Saturday, and raining heavily. Lorraine and I got up and started to potter about doing a few things. Steve came to the front door in waterproofs and a hat, bearing gifts as discussed at teatime in the pub yesterday. Kefir grains -- according to Wiki a symbiotic matrix of bacteria and yeasts, which is freak white alien life form that has to be fed. We fed it a bowl of milk and if left to its own devices will produce kefir drink in a few days. What with that and the mother sourdough culture that Lorraine has been growing in my study, I am beginning to wonder if I should be writing another horror story about this. 

Steve also brought a bag of chard, and a Mirabelle plum jam he had made. We drank coffee and shot the breeze and showed him around the place, which he liked a lot. Eventually, as he had things to do, he forged back into the rain. 

Lorraine and I had a quiet afternoon till, when the rain had stopped, we walked down to the sea, via The Crypt to dip in to see some art for five mins before they closed. Lovely to get blown about and watch the wild waves. People friendly and chatting too. Then we stopped off at Morrisons to buy food for tomorrow. A happy day.

A few fireworks this evening, but the rain made it all a bit of a damp squib which the cats I think were happy about.