Archive for August 10, 2009
Good clean fun
Good times can be had without trashing the earth. Fun stuff I did this weekend:
Saturday we had friends over for afternoon tea – one of whom I haven’t seen for years as she’s been overseas, and Yankee Elv has never met before. We ate, sat and chatted for hours, ate some more, played with the dogs (they brought their 6-month old puppy over) and ate some more. They want to ‘steal’ the grapefruits from the tree out back, which is fine with me as no-one here likes them. The puppy/cat encounters were quite hilarious as puppy hasn’t interacted with cats before – there was lots of puffing, hissing, barking and hiding behind people (the dog hid, not the cats!). Loodle took advantage of the fact that he’s tall enough to see onto the dining table without stretching way, way too often.
Sunday sleep in + general silliness and laziness made for a gorgeous morning, topped off only by Yankee Elv’s delectable pikelets/mini-pancakes (the nomenclature was a contentious issue). I couldn’t decide whether I liked sugar and freshly squeezed lemon juice the best, or butter and jam (strawberry, or mango + passionfruit + pineapple). It was all so tasty!
Pikelets (or mini-pancakes - it's up for debate).
Yankee Elv and Mr Teeny-bop had some mother/son time at the movies and dinner while I stayed home and spent the afternoon digging a hole (in which to plant a couple of little jasmine bushes) and planting seeds. The ground was so hard I had to stop before getting to the planting as I was getting blisters, but that hole is going well and I felt like I’d accomplished something! Plus I got a work out – my arm muscles would be positively butch if it weren’t for the chubby layer covering them. (Yankee Elv likes them anyway.) As for the seeds, I’m hoping to get mint, basil, parsley, oregano, spring onion and nasturtium sprouts in a few weeks time, to go along with the spinach and onions I’ve already got going.
I didn’t need to offset any carbon emissions this weekend, and it was one of the more satisfying weekends I’ve had lately. Much more appealing that a weekend spent sleeping, or partying, or shopping. Next weekend we’re hitting the markets, going to a mulled wine evening and Mr Teeny-bop has a drama rehearsal. I like doing stuff like this – it helps me get through the long working week.
Mid-week public holidays like this Wednesday’s don’t hurt either!
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