And that was a good day

so the kids are away and Ben and I are enjoying some time together at home(ish) on this long weekend.  I say "ish" because we are not exactly staying at home all day, just sleeping here while doing some fun things in the daytime.  Like today we drove to McLaren Vale, and around Willunga and Normanville, enjoying sights, shops, cafe's, views and each other's company.

Ben surprised me by taking me to a quilting shop that specialises in Wide Backs (wide bolts of fabric for backing your quilt) as well as having all the lovely fabric etc that quilt shops generally have.  And I have an idea for resurrecting a quilting project that I abandoned years ago that is in my cupboard upstairs in bits, plus I am now inspired to start the seaside quilt that I bought when I was in NZ back in May, ahem.  But first, I must needs clear out a few cupboards and tidy my sewing desk so I can actually work there, sigh.  That is my ambition for Monday.

This morning before we left I did 3 loads of washing, a batch of vegetable stock paste, the shopping and a batch of cookies before Ben woke at 9ish, so I was happy to head off for the day with a few things done.

this looks like a pizza- but it was a pear, parmesan, rocket and balsamic reduction on a pesto base- served warm, it was yummy (to share) and the mediterranean salad with haloumit was delish too.

And we nearly walked on the jetty (a thing Ben likes to do) at Normanville, but decided against getting sand in between my toes so just looked out on it from the walk by the grass.

As we drove by a huge familiar green warehouse which is Bunnings we both said in unison "TWO Bunnings!" which is a quote from my niece who in a sudden moment of enlightenment realised that the world as she knew it was larger than she first imagined.  Yes, indeed, big enough for two Bunnings's.  So precious.

And on the way home we stopped to enjoy the sunshine breaking through a gap in the cloud- what a view!  Thanks to God.

So all in all, a good day.