I intend to watch the Rugby World Cup final match tonight,
between England and South Africa, and expect that it will be a good game. When visiting Nelson a few years ago, we came
across this playing field that is part of what is now known as the Nelson
Botanical Reserve. It is the officially recognised
place that a game of rugby was first played in New Zealand – on 14 May 1870!
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| Sight of New Zealand's first rugby match (in 1870) |
We have had a sunny day today, with a bit of cloud and wind but generally very pleasant. Took it easy and sat outside in the sun for a while and semi-dozed while son worked in the garden.
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| A corner of the garden-in-progress |
I did get the washing done
though, so didn’t feel too guilty doing nothing.
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| A good sunny day for drying washing |
I also messaged with my daughter. Her and hubby are currently trekking the
Arizona Trail from Utah down to Mexico and were disappearing back into the
wilderness this morning for another week.
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| (Photo courtesy of my daughter) |
Made a BLT (bacon, lettuce, tomato) salad for lunch and ate
it al fresco in the sunshine. I love
sitting outdoors to eat breakfast as well, but our outside table is still in
the shade that early in the morning so that little treat will have to wait
until summer really arrives.
My salad was a bit of a throw-together. I sautéed some onion and bacon, lightly fried
the tomato before chopping it up, and sprinkled them over cut lettuce, parsley,
cubed cheese, and pickled ginger. A
drizzle of dressing and it was finished.
Nice and simple and it certainly tasted a bit different to my usual
salads!
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| My BLT Salad |
Happy weekend everybody,
Margaret
It sure was a lovely day today and your salad sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a very tasty salad. Now about to watch rugby, on at 9am here
ReplyDeleteKick-off was 10pm here. It was a good game, I thought both sides played well.
DeleteI have never had a BLT salad, but a BLT sandwich is pretty common here. My favourite sandwich recently has been a nice wholegrain bun with brie and avocado.
ReplyDeleteYum! Brie and avocado go together deliciously :)
DeleteVery wet and windy here, a day for being inside. Hubby is watching the match.
ReplyDeleteI thought he might be :) We enjoyed the game, the teams were very even until those trys were scored.
DeleteThe salad looks great!
ReplyDeleteWe are down to 3 C this morning and it is so dark at 7:30 a.m. Daylight Savings Time begins tonight though. It will be dark at 4:30 p.m. instead!
Your salad does look good. I need to be more adventurous in my salad add-ins.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter and her husband are very brave to do what must surely be an arduous trek!!
Being adventurous doesn't always work. Sometimes the chickens would get my concoctions when the family would not eat them! I especially love adding (edible) flowers to my mixtures. It makes the salad very colorful.
DeleteThe trek is about 800 miles if I remember right. They have been in training for a long time so they could do it safely.