OUT AND ABOUT

This was one of the days when I didn’t have a lot to share, except for a few photos when we went out last Friday. I had been a wee bit under the weather, and it was the first time I had felt like getting out in a week. 

 I was very happy to see that my Hellebores were thriving. It had grown into quite a big plant and is in a patch near our front door. There are two but I don't see hide nor hair of the other one. Perhaps it didn't survive the winter. I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed.

  

I saw new shoots growing so I think the lilies will be showing next and further along, the Coneflowers?  We hired someone to do the winterizing of our garden last Autumn, and Gregg was wondering if the people who did the tidying up, pulled them out of the ground thinking they were dried up weeds. There again I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I tried to get a bit artsy with my second photo above, but it is too dark and my reverse shot to get the inside of those droopy flowers didn't quite work out the way I wanted it to.

I sometimes take photos of other vehicles on the road. An industrious individual has a mobile grooming center. What a clever idea! I hope they get lots of customers, and what pooch doesn't want a face pack with slices of cucumber on its nose?

We have a Santini's not so far away, where they do submarine sandwiches. Gregg had the Italian Cold Cut and I a Steak and Cheese. We both order the small and I usually cut mine in half and take the other half home for later. It makes a nice snack as usually Gregg shares that half with me. Neither of us eat too much in the evenings. 

So, of course I get my camera out while he is ordering at the counter. Yes, I take photos of sauce bottles and that's an amazing amount of bread! This place is very popular, though we always avoid the lunch crowd whenever possible. 

Next we drove to the supermarket to pick up a few groceries. I don't buy the cookies but I can certainly take photos of them. They are designed for the kiddos in mind.

We were good, no cookies, and just for fun here is what was on the grocery list, and the flowers were an impulse buy. Those were a bunch of sunflowers because I love sunflowers and they look real pretty on the kitchen table. I treated myself to the plate  shared in Monday’s recipe post. Iced tea, for Gregg because I don't drink iced tea, ground pork and a bag of coleslaw mix for that Monday meal, a container each of blackberries, blueberries and strawberries, a head of broccoli and a few birthday cards that are coming up for family and friends. A very ordinary day but ordinary can be fun, and relaxing, and especially so as I hadn’t been out for a while. After getting our groceries we drove home and I had a nap!  

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hope your day is a great one!