On Friday

 

Osteospermum Flowers

The first osteospermum flowers of the season are starting to bloom!

It was a mostly sunny day, on Friday.  I took a walk in the garden and took some pictures of the flowers.  I was happy to see the purple osteospermum flowers starting to bloom.  

I tried on my new clothes and I was happy to see that they all fitted me.  I wore one of the tank tops under my sweater and wore the leggings, too.

Friday Brunch

For brunch, I cooked a package of breakfast sausages, fried potatoes, and scrambled eggs.  I cooked the potatoes and the eggs in some of the oil left in the pan after I fried the sausages, but, otherwise, I didn't salt them.  I gave daughter her usual serving of sausages, but, I limited myself to half of a sausage, cut up into small pieces.  It provided just enough salt for me to enjoy my brunch.

In the afternoon, during daughter's 30 minutes lunch break, we made a quick visit to the library to return our books that were due and I borrowed three magazines.  Daughter picked up a book about raising backyard chickens and we will both read it as we are wanting to try our hand at raising chickens.  

Later in the evening, M tended to the garden, watering, spraying the rest of the fruit trees, etc.

 Chicken and Vegetable Soup

For dinner, I removed all the meat I could from the chicken carcass I had boiled to make stock on Thursday, cut up some onions, carrots, and some scallions I hd in the freezer, and made a chicken and vegetable soup.  Since I made it without salt, the soup didn't taste very good to me.  I had about a third of a jar of pasta sauce in the fridge, and, in an effort to improve the taste of the soup, I added that to the soup, along with a can of cannellini beans, drained and rinsed to remove any salt, and a can of drained and rinsed green beans, too, which needed to be used up.  Daughter said it just tasted like pasta sauce (she is not a fan of tomato based pasta sauce unless it is homemade), but, I found it acceptable, if not exactly tasty.  I had a bowl of it for my dinner and kept the leftovers in the fridge.  

On Friday, I was grateful for:

- A sunny day
- Flowers in the garden
- Libraries
- M's help with the garden
- A safe drive to the library and back

Friday's joyful activity was a visit to the library.

Plans for Saturday include a visit from friend R to pick up her latest package and maybe ordering groceries.

How was your Friday?  What are your plans for the weekend?