Looking Good

Sometimes, you just have a day where the sun is shining, you feel good, you look good and you are relaxed. 

For me, today was that day.

Hope you have a good Friday

Club time

Tonight, we walked along the rail trail. Completed 6km in total.

I love that the weather is causing us to have a beautiful day with warm sunshine and it is lasting till after 6pm

Right Space

I like growing plants but some of them don't like growing!

I am guessing it is a number of reasons:

- I am not good with plants

- wrong pot size

- wrong position in the house for light

- too much water

- not enough water

You get the idea.

I can grow plants, some I have had for a long time and yes, it is possible to kill them, but they seem to survive.

One such plant was this succulent plant 🪴 

It never did anything. It was just there, no flowers no nothing. It got moved into the kitchen and placed on the lower shelf but still did nothing and due to purchasing a coffee machine, it had to be moved up a shelf.

Since then, it has given us a single flower now and then.

And now, as you can see from the picture, it has found its full life.

Flowers in abundance. 

Either I am ignoring it sufficiently or just loving it enough.

Being Replaced

One of my colleagues is currently traveling around Europe on an amazing 3 month adventure.

The day after she left, another colleague replaced her at her desk with a skeleton, dressed in a cute dress.

She has become a valuable member of the 'Dumpster Fire Team' and we feel we may be working her too hard, possibly to the bone!

So, to ensure we are looking after her, I took her to class with me so my students could share their caring side, evaluating her vital signs, as we didn't want her getting overwhelmed with all the work.

She eventually was assessed as doing ok and stayed to supervise the remainder of my class.

She is considering taking a lecture next week

Spring Time

 You know that spring is on its way when the city suddenly becomes coloured in pink and white.

Pink flowers that is, cherry blossom trees

We have early blooming ones and late ones, so for the next month, everywhere is so pretty.

When the sun shines, it looks so cute but throw in some rain and things can look very wet and soggy with blossom stuck to the footpath!

Cheese Scones

I learnt cooking (home economics) in school. I have an O Level in it. Back then it was more than just cooking. We had to understand nutritional needs, and this had to be considered when planning a meal.

The one thing I don't seem to be good at is muffins. They just fail.

Scones, well I need to learn to not mix the dough so much and have it hold together.

Today I did a small batch of cheese scones. They worked, were tasty and got eaten very quickly.

Thank you

I got asked to do a small presentation about parkrun to a community organisation. A small casual Saturday morning chat for 30 mins.

They wanted to understand parkrun and the community feeling of how anyone and everyone is included.

Especially with a focus on mental well-being. 

It was a fun 30 mins and generated some great questions.

They gave me a small gift as a thank you, totally unexpected.

However, what made it even more special is the lady that organized it, via someone else, took 5 mins to ask the other person about me.

And what did she discover...

1 - I don't like coffee

2 - I have a sweet tooth

So, my little thank you gift was not a voucher for a local Cafe to get a coffee, but a box of homemade brownies and biscuits.

Taking the time to find out one or two small things is all anyone wants and it makes a huge difference.