The sun is streaming through the kitchen window onto the table. Very beautiful. The vegetables are cooking. Soon to add the broth and simmer for 25 minutes...Hubby is coming in in half an hour, landing. He will be here around 2H30pm. The soup is on its way to simmering now with broth. Twenty five minutes, then blender, then milk added and salt and pepper then sieving it to avoid the filaments of the fennel.