Sweeping fallen leaves once a week 52 times a year seems such a small price to pay.
I’ve got a short long weekend which sees me work Sunday and on to Monday lunchtime so today’s glorious weather just had to be put to good use to make up for all those hours lost (which I’m trying not to count).
Don’t worry. I didn’t leave for the day’s adventures without first getting a batch of mini muffins made for the freezer. Today’s star ingredient (chosen especially because it had to be used up next) was half a jar of apple sauce. And our recipe was Mel’s Healthy Applesauce Muffins.
The inspired addition of cinnamon sugar over the muffins as they went into the oven (literally) was mine.
As they baked, I put every fibre of my being into neatly printing these signs for Preschooler SSG who’s currently fascinated by the letters things begin with. And I even did it before my first cup of ‘real’ coffee (instant doesn’t count). Do you reckon I need to invest in a home laminator for my signs? I imagine home laminating might be quite a soothing thing to do of an evening.
The final result were a light but filling muffins with a superhealthy taste from the wholemeal flour and rolled oats. Just the kind of muffin you need in your freezer for the days when you’ve got a bit of gardening planned after afternoon tea.
And on that note, we were ready to hit the road.
A house down the road is in the process of being pulled down for a rebuild. Actually, it’s completely pulled down now and all that remains is for it to be carted away truck by loudly filled truck. It’s been an interesting process so far – the various noises for each stage of the pull down, the bits of equipment and their drivers that we’re getting to know as we try and share a narrow residential road with parking that’s only made for private vehicles. I’m excited to see what the owners have in mind for the block.
Over in Randwick, the front window of our favourite toy store featured this zoo.
And Preschooler SSG got treated to a spendy Siku toy car at the other store we quite like. I’m getting to know my Hot Wheels and my Matchbox cars pretty well. Siku seem to have a more solid feel to them with more of their bodies and chassis being made of metal than their supermarket counterparts. Only time on our loungeroom floorboards will tell just how good the paint jobs are on Siku cars.
I finally paid a visit to the Asian grocer on Belmore Road and got a little distracted by what I think are roti moulds.
And are these cake tins?
The fancy chop sticks were tempting.
