MID WEEK RAMBLE

 

Right, it's a lovely day, so I'm off to Cambridge for an FGB walk again.

ABOVE:  It's a 'Social Walk' today, not an Urban Challenge walk.  So basically we are walking 20 minutes in one direction, then turn around and head back to the start.  We can also go at our own 'pace' on this one, so that's good.  NOT that I'm interested in speed walking!  Just a decent pace.

I'm sure there will be a 'coffee stop' somewhere along the way as well.

So it should be a nice morning.

ABOVE:  The Inpatients in the back garden are doing really well, they add a lovely splash of colour.

I picked our last tomatoes yesterday afternoon, so I have to think about what to put in our vege pods now.  I might not even put anything in them, except compost over the next few months.  Have them ready for summer season with lovely rich soil.

Alright, probably time I got moving, and make a start on me day.

ONWARD... 

7.43 am. I just looked out the window to see... massive black clouds. Bugger. This could mean today's walk is canceled.  An hour from now I should be heading over to Cambridge.....

Well, it rained here in Hamilton, but not Cambridge.  So off I went for the walk.

It was supposed to be a 20 minute walk to the coffee shop, then stop for coffee and walk back. But some of us got there in about 13 minutes, so we went around the block to add some distance and time.

ABOVE:  It still ended up being a shorter walk than 'normal', but the pace was OK.

ABOVE:  Because we were a disjointed group, no group photo was taken.   So ya just get me!

BEFORE I left Hamilton, I gassed up my car.  Used my EFTPOS Card.

Got to the supermarket on my way home and BUGGER!  NO CARD.

So I went back to the petrol station in the vain hope someone might have picked it up, cos that was the ONLY place it could have fallen out of my wallet.

NO LUCK THERE.

So I then had to go to the bank and cancel my card.

My new one won't arrive for two weeks.

Lucky I have a 'spare' one, that isn't connected to the one I cancelled. 

ABOVE:  My new card is so pretty!  I can't wait to get it.  

I am now baking cookies!  Yeah I know.  I shouldn't be ... but I am.  I've wanted to try making soft oat and raisin cookies forever.  So today is the day.

I just got the first tray out of the oven.  WHOOPS.  A bit overdone by the look of it.  My existing oven is A HOT OVEN.  I forgot.  They are probably OK, just a bit too dark on the bottom.

Next lot will be taken out sooner.

Before anyone asks:  https://www.recipetineats.com/oatmeal-raisin-cookie-soft-chewy/

I just tried one of the 'overdone' cookies.  It was OK, a bit firmer than I wanted.  But still edible.  The next lot are in... fingers crossed for a better result.

ABOVE: The recipe called for them to be baked for 22-25 minutes.

22 minutes = overcooked

18 minutes = not bad

16 minutes = PERFECT.

Bearing in mind MY OVEN is a very hot oven.

I've had two.  Might not have any more today.

6 pm:  And HERE COMES THE RAIN!  It's been raining on and off all afternoon, but now it's freakin' pissing down.

My afternoon has been just lovely.  I took the girls for a little walk around the block, which they loved.  I didn't, as they get tangled up so easily!  If only Coco wasn't such a scatter brain and just walked nicely like Marley.  But no.

She dashes here and there, stops for a thousand piddles and hops, skips and jumps like a mad dog.

I can't take just one dog, or the one left at home pines.  So it's not something I do too often I must admit.

Just as well they are perfectly happy hanging out with me at home most of the time.

We are now settled in for a quiet evening.  I have a big basket of washing to fold and put away... so I'll do that, then the dishes.

Housework never stops.