Hello and Happy St. Patrick's Day!
How was your weekend and what did you do?
First up, I discovered that my Christmas cactus (the older one - an offspring from my Grandmother's HUGE plant in Vermont) that bloomed at Christmas has yet another bud on it!!
No signs of other buds yet, but this is so cool since it was fully in bloom only several months ago.
Since Friday was Pi Day (and I realized too late to bake one myself), I picked up a peach pie for Fletch (one of his favorites). It was awful!! The filling was so sickly sweet syrupy and the pieces of peaches were hard as rocks! Fletch had one piece and said unfortunately it was not good. I took a bite and agreed. The rest of the pie was cut up and put out for the deer. They seemed to enjoy it! LOL
I did walk for a bit (40 minutes or so) along the River Trail on Friday. I realized that I need new sneakers. I could feel every rock and piece of gravel under my foot on the trail. Another thing I did was listen to an audio book while walking. I did not like doing that! My hope was that by listening to the book I would not be thinking about how my feet were uncomfortable and how my back was hurting. That did not really work and I missed concentrating on birdsong. I guess I just am not really a fan of audio books. I'd rather have silence than listen to them while stitching or knitting and I definitely did not enjoy listening to one while walking. Oh well - at least I did give it a try.
Saturday was a pretty grey and dismal day. The morning found me running an errand or two, but otherwise it was an inside day.
Sunday was wonderful! The temp got up to 70! The winds also rose and it was a very gusty day. We went over to Colin & Mailing's for a St. Patty's Day feast. Colin fixed corned beef, potatoes, cabbage, carrots and he made home made Irish soda bread which was delicious. For dessert he made a coconut custard pie.
Everything was delicious. Iris is getting big (16 lbs now!!) and is so expressive and happy. She smiles a lot. They recently bought a high chair and Iris sat at the table with us for maybe 30 minutes before getting a little fussy and grumpy. (In her defense, she was overly tired not having slept well the night before.). After digesting a bit and having an espresso, Colin, Mailing, Iris and I all set out for a little walk. It was SO windy, but every time there would be a gust of wind, Iris would smile and laugh. I spotted this sign in their neighborhood:
Isn't that great?
We had a very soothing rain late last night. One clap of thunder was all I heard, otherwise it just sounded so nice.
Well, time for me to get moving and pour another cup of coffee. I hope your Monday is off to a great start!
I'm sorry the peach pie wasn't good, but I'm glad your deer liked it! Colin's dinner sounds fabulous and I love that Iris laughs at the wind. That makes my day on this rainy and gray Monday!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a really nice and yummy dinner! Iris must be getting more and more fun as she gets older.
ReplyDeleteI'm off to a slow start but the sun is shining and the storms are all done! I'm glad you had a good dinner and walk with your son and family!
ReplyDeleteI am not an audio book fan either--I wish I was (were?)!
ReplyDeleteI never used to be into audiobooks, but I've gotten into a groove with them now. I find that I enjoy listening to them (in addition to when I'm out walking or running) when I'm doing household chores, like cleaning the bathroom or folding laundry. I think if I were exercising on a trail like you, I'd much rather listen to birdsong, but here in the city, something in my ears is preferable to the leaf blowers and traffic.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a nice dinner and a nice day yesterday. We had a tornado warning and a hailstorm! And today it was snowing a bit. Bring back the warm weather!
Happy St. Pat's to you and Fletch as well! It was a windy weekend here too... what crazy wild winds! I will think of Iris smiling and laughing as they howl now! I have put aside the audiobooks for my walks as well... it is much improved. I find them the perfect companion though for mopping floors and scrubbing bathrooms! Ha!
ReplyDeleteEveryone I pass on the boardwalk has things in their ears and I always wonder what they are listening to. They aren't exactly bopping along so I don't think it's music. I have The Mister to listen to or should I say he has me to listen to. I usually am telling about the latest Dateline episode. I bought the premium podcast subscription so now I have an endless supply of stupid people murders to entertain him with.
ReplyDeleteI like audiobooks but listen primarily in the car when I'm driving or when I'm getting my lashes done which is 1.5 hours every 3 weeks. I don't really like audio in my ears when I'm out walking, I'd rather hear the sounds of the world around me. It looks like that coconut pie made up for the not good peach pie!
ReplyDeleteI like to walk without listening to anything but enjoy an audiobook or podcast while knitting. We all have different preferences and that is a good thing. I'm glad the coconut pie was better than the peach. I do love that sign.
ReplyDeleteoh, i do like that sign!
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