Slow Living - Doing It Old Style!

Wednesday2000

I am off out to London tonight for my friend's birthday, but we will stop on the way home when we get back to the train station as it is right next to the beach and hopefully we can see the moon there.

Brie

I had thought that the hunter moon was to be on Thursday but I'll try to look at it tonight.  It was very bright last night.  We have this line here that when it's a big moon it tends to get stuck in the tree in front of the neighbour's house and animals (who may or may not exist) need to help it escape with ropes and tickles as appropriate.  The tree itself is so beautiful currently - an american sweetgum - it's dropping it's spiky seed pods and the leaves have mostly all gone a lovely red which glows when the sun hits it early in the morning.  It's so nice to lay in bed and look up at through the velux window to admire it, whether at night with the moon stuck or with the sun's morning glow.

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Hope you had a lovely night out @Wednesday2000! 😁 

@Brie - I've never heard of an american sweetgum tree so googled it - it really is beautiful! The horse chestnut in my neighbours house has very similar colours at the moment to the piccie I saw - lots of oranges and a few reds - I love autumn leaves 🥰😁 I also love the idea of the animals trying to move the moon!! 😂😂😂 

Plans today are to walk the dog, pop to the shop, cook some mushroom and walnut mince bolognese for my grandbaby's dinner, do an asana practice, pick him up from school for his sleepover then play trains or whatever he feels like doing. I am aching a bit from the gardening at the weekend so I'm hoping that I can manage the floor time! 😂

This week has dragged a bit - probably a combination of stepping out of my normal patterns and the fact that I am very much looking forward to having my afternoons clear from next week! It's a pleasure to spend the extra time with my grandbaby on the drives but it's going to be nice to have my days more to myself for a while - I don't like having to 'clock watch' 🤦‍♀️

Dinner last night was mixed beans (pinto, kidney, black beans, black-eyed peas) in a tomato, courgette, basil, thyme and oregano sauce; butternut squash and aduki bean sautè; salad of mixed leaves, black grapes, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, watermelon and pomegranate with balsamic; new potatoes and some sweet chilli hommous 😋😁  I can't upload the piccie for some reason today - it worked last night my Vegan Storecupboard Challenge thread so no idea why 🤔 I'll post it here later if I can....

Right, best I get ready to walk the dog - I haven't done it this week as my ds had the day off on Monday and we're going out for the day with him so no doubt he'll go mental when he sees me!! 😳🤦‍♀️😂 

Have a fab slow day! 😁🐌

Brie

Meeting a good friend for lunch at a local caff so we'll be having a mid day breakfast.  She's on a Moseley diet of some sort and says that will work best for her so that's fine by me.  

Afternoon will include some planning on what to do for art group tomorrow.  I'm considering another bird picture but this month's homework (due in 2 weeks) is "reflections".  Maybe a pear sitting on a mirror? Or something like that.  I have a glass oil decanter (bought for the olive oil in it before realising how lovely the jug is) and I know someone who is good at drawing (not me really....) could do an interesting sketch.