Friday Favourites

Hi friends! I hope you’re all having a lovely day or night. I’m a little (a lot!) late getting this post ready for the link-up, but here I am with a few quick favourites from the last few weeks.

1

I went back to work this week after the school holidays without the usual back-to-work scaries. Yay! I’m a hundred percent certain it’s because it’s spring and, although we’re still experiencing all four seasons in a week, sometimes even in a day, it’s all OK. It’s my favourite time of year! We’re on the countdown to summer, the end of the preschool year and all the fun things that come with the warmer months. Yep, I really love spring!

2

On the first weekend of the school holidays, we went for a walk from Oatley to Como across the Como Bridge. It was a very hot spring day, but we really enjoyed the walk. When we got to the bridge, my husband wanted to take a photo. I told him, “Take it from far away. I look better from a distance.” Haha! He understood the assignment.

By the time we got to the other side, we were hungry! We stopped at Como Waterfront Cafe for burgers, and the watermelon juice was perfect on such a hot day.

3

I have a tradition of visiting Bunnings on the first weekend of September to celebrate the beginning of spring and buy some colourful flowering plants for the front garden.

We’ve had a mix of very rainy and sunny days, so a few weeks later, the garden is looking like this.

Nice, hey?

4

Hooray! Almost all the cousins could make it to Cousin Connect. It’s getting trickier to get everyone together with so much going on in everyone’s lives, from social events and dancing comps to travelling and everything in between.

We had a wobbly couple of months recently when, for the first time in five years, we missed our catch-ups. But it’s a special tradition, and one we never want to let slide.

It was such a fun night, with lots of food, plenty of catching up, and so many stories to share. We finished with a game called Imposter, which had us all in stitches!

5

My younger son turned 22 and requested to go to a vegan burger place in Newtown for dinner. Yep, he’s on his vegan journey and exploring all sorts of new foods.

Instead of a birthday cake, he asked for vegan doughnuts from a Dulwich Hill bakery.

Everything tasted great, and I think if I hadn’t known it was vegan, I might never have guessed. Well, maybe the burger patty. It didn’t really taste meaty. It was more lentil-y.

6

We had a couple of really lovely staycations, one in the city at The Rocks and the other in Bowral. I’ll share the recaps next week!

7

Our lovely neighbour of more than 20 years recently moved into a care home, and we miss her. We surprised her with a visit, and it was so good to see her! I miss her little visits and her knocking on our door. We were always happy to lend her a helping hand, and sometimes she’d surprise us with home-cooked snacks or beautiful flower arrangements. Those were lovely days, and I wish things didn’t have to change.

And that’s a wrap for this week! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you all have a lovely weekend. See you next time!