A Typical Day

Yesterday was pretty much a typical day in my life.  It began with muesli and sliced kiwifruit, and ended with a botched dinner!

A late-season nasturtium

After breakfast it was the usual things, like cleaning the kitchen, doing the dishes, making the bed, checking that the house was tidy, and putting on some sheets to wash. 

The sheets were hung out (it was sunny and windy) to dry and then I left home to do some shopping.  I stumbled the other day and squashed my glasses, resulting in a bent arm hinge.  Good old SpecSavers fixed them for free!

A late 'Iceberg' rose after a shower of rain

A visit to one of my favourite clothing stores was next, but what a disappointment to find they no longer stock “big girl” sizes.  The assistant was really helpful and went out the back to see what she could find, and returned with two pairs of trousers. 

That was when I realised the changing rooms were closed as part of Level Two restrictions.  Now, I am rather stingy with my money and dislike spending on something that may not work, but in this case I desperately needed some new trousers. 

The price tag said $22 (reasonable) so I opted to buy one pair, and then at the checkout I discovered they were only $5 as they were no longer ‘stock.’  Great, I bought both pairs.  Bonus!  They fit perfectly J

Flax (Phormium tenax) with dried seed heads

Last stop was the supermarket, but on the way there I had to pull over to allow a siren-blaring light-flashing police car to pass.  One always hopes they are not heading for a family member.  In this case, I found out later that a pedestrian had been knocked over and was in a critical condition in hospital.

Bottlebrush (Callistemon spp.), much loved by nectar-feeding birds

My afternoon passed quietly, blogging, emailing, and working on my family history.  The evening was a little cool so son lit the fire as he was going to be working all night again. 

I prepared dinner (it was meant to be a mince and vegetable au gratin) and put the vegetables on to cook.  But, oh no, the bottled gas chose then to run out!  What does one do with half-cooked vegetables? 

On went the (electric) oven, everything was thrown into a large meat dish and covered with tin foil and then baked for an hour.  It wasn’t that nice, but it was food.

A bumblebee visiting some highly scented wallflowers

A spot of TV watching (New Zealand’s version of Eat Well For Less) and it was time to head for bed.  I read for a while (I’m working my way through Walden by Henry David Thoreau) before snuggling down under the blankets and starting my Snoring Session for the night. 

Pretty mundane and boring really.  You have done well if you have read this far!! 

Have a great day J 

Margaret.

The flowers have all been photographed over several years during June at different places around New Zealand.

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