Hello Monday
Hi friends, happy Monday! I’m back with a quick weekend recap, and I’m so glad you stopped by. The calendar flipped over so fast—now it’s autumn, even if the weather hasn’t quite caught up yet. Here’s what we got up to before the week took off… We went to Flower Power in Enfield. Flower Power is a huge garden centre with indoor and outdoor plants, flowers and seeds for planting, pots, some home décor, candles, cushions, and a little outdoor furniture. And to top it off, they even have a café. Wow, could my world get any better than this discovery? I’d heard about Flower Power before, but I’d never been. I usually go to Bunnings because it’s closer to home, so this was my first visit, and I loved it. Usually, I’m counting down the days till spring to buy a few colourful flowers for the front of our house, and that’s exactly what I did last year. It was so nice to see the flowers (I think they were petunias) bloom all spring and summer, but they’re seasonal, I think (can you tell I don’t really know what I’m talking about?), and now they’re looking a bit scraggly. So I wanted to plant some new ones that will grow through Autumn and winter. I did a bit of research, and Google told me that marigolds were the answer. While I was at Flower Power, I picked up three pots of marigolds and two pots of a pretty plant with little blue flowers. Autumn is for planting! Couldn’t agree more. Then we had lunch at the cafe. Breakfast burger for me with egg, bacon, halloumi, a hash brown and relish— all my favourites! Steve had a chicken schnitzel with chips and salad. We shared a mango smoothie. And finished off with an orange cake, hot chocolate for Steve and flat white for me. We had the best time, and now we want to go back even more often, maybe next Saturday! After lunch, we wandered around and looked at the home décor. I spotted some glasses like the ones I’ve read about on blogs, and it was the first time I’d seen them over here. We went home, and I got stuck into some gardening. First, I pulled out the pesky weeds and then grabbed a big shovel to dig up some annoying bulb root things that looked like Vecna from Stranger Things. Then I planted these pretties. It was such a lovely Saturday. Then on Sunday, we had dinner at my cousin’s house and talked more about our upcoming trip. Only 35 days to go, yikes! We had a delicious roast beef with mashed potatoes, carrots, onions and gravy, so good. My cousin served me a delicious and rather huge glass of Pinot Noir. We started talking about trips for 2027 and beyond. I’m scared of flying, but after that glass, I was ready to get on the next space shuttle. You want to fly to space? Sure, why not, ha! And that was my weekend. How was yours? Hope you have a great week! Linking up with Holly and Sarah