Mark had the car yesterday so I rode my bike to the Superstore. The trip there was glorious… but little did I know that I was going to make some bad choices that were going to make my trip back home very very uncomfortable.
My grocery list was short, all I really needed was a ham for dinner. I was planning to make ham/pineapple skewers for dinner. Instead, I bought a watermelon (which weighed at least 10lbs), a package of cookies (these were for Emma to bring to school), a loaf of Ace Bakery rosemary foccacia, sausages, and a plant from the garden centre.
Did I mention I had arrived on my bike? As I packed the watermelon, cookies, sausages and foccacia in my backpack I realized that it was going to be an awkward ride home.
The plant (a kind of Astilbe in a medium-size pot) had to dangle from my handlebars in a plastic bag. The watermelon was heaaaayvy, and created major deadweight that caused my weight to shift around rather dangerously. Don’t even ask me how hard it was to pedal.
I managed to maneuver out of the parking lot to the Byron Av. pathway before I realized I had forgotten the main reason for my trip to the grocery store: the ham. But there was no farkin’ way I was going back for it.
We had sausage, foccacia and spinach/strawberry salad for dinner instead.
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The girls each had a playdate yesterday afternoon, thus giving me unprecedented time in the garden. It was lovely to garden in peace and quiet, without someone pointing at me and yelling “CRACK ALERT” as loud as they possibly could every time I bent over.
I wore higher-waisted jeans this time, knowing I was going to be gardening in the front of the house and subject to views of passersby.
I planted the plant that had dangled so precariously next to my bicycle tire. Happily, we had both made it home unscathed.
I dug, I weeded, I mulched. The front flowerbed is almost presentable. Now I have to refocus my attention on the back.
To get an idea of the job in store for me, check out a few garden shots on my flickr.
p.s. what do you think of the little pots I made out of newspaper yesterday?
