random thoughts – Day 1,195 – (Sunday) – weekend wrap-up

Three-day weekends really are the best kinds of weekends. This one was even better than many others. There was the auto-maintenance door speaker and sway bar links replacement Friday morning, where they even washed the car. It was followed by leisurely shopping and chilling at home before the Jason James show with friends.

Saturday had relaxation against the backdrop of the variable weather during the day and the beautiful garden party event at night with perfect weather.

The lupine can keep the coneflower
and dusty miller company.

Sunday morning had a relaxed start with sleeping a bit late, then the usual drinking of the coffee. The lupine plant from the event on Saturday was planted in what seems like the proper sunny location not far from the coneflower plant. As plants have been added over the years and weeds pulled, the edge of the flower bed closest to the street has shed its straight edge and taken on a graceful wavy line. 

Back inside, there was the checking of mulch prices on the Lowe’s website. I’ve been thinking about spreading mulch on the flower beds since April and kept postponing it. Perhaps the flower beds at the event and the lupine plant provided the proper inspiration to finally get it done. It was hot work schlepping the three bags of mulch from the display pile into the shopping cart, from the cart into the back of the car, and from the car into the yard. One bag was spread in the front bed, then the other two were schlepped into the front porch which now carries the fragrance of mulch.

Beautifully moody sky.

After sitting for 30 minutes, drinking ice water, and waiting for the sweating to stop, it was time to jump in the shower and then get dressed for the next and final fun event of the weekend. 

First there was a quick stop at Family Dollar for Winston’s dog biscuits and the toddler diapers that buy my freedom from the house for up to nine hours. Heavy clouds in charcoal gray tones gathered over Dracut as I prepared to leave for a 5:00 meetup. Mother Nature was being beautifully moody again. 

At the event on Saturday, a banker friend and I talked about the many restaurants I have not visited in the Lowell area. We decided to go to a restaurant in Chelmsford for my introduction to Cambodian food. It rained a little as I arrived at the restaurant, but nothing like the dark clouds seemed to indicate.

My friend, her husband, and another friend met me at Simply Khmer. She took the lead with ordering and four of us enjoyed rice and stuffed chicken leg with pickled vegetables, salmon with a mango sauce, and beef tips with a sauce. It was delicious. So, so delicious. Of course, I forgot to take photos, because we were having a great time talking about Cambodian ingredients and food preparation, and ghost stories. 

It rained on the way home, which meant the mowing that would not happen again tonight. The frequent rain showers and downpours are causing the greenery to grow and adversely affecting the mowing timetable.