A birthday

It's that time of year again, Deb's birthday. We were here in DC last year also as part of her surprise birthday holiday. We never imagined being here again...and living here. She was enjoying loads of birthday wishes yesterday on Facebook as we are well behind in the timezone so it was an early start for her. The weather today was fabulous, a few pressies were unwrapped and we took in a movie followed by a lovely wander in the forest with the dogs. 

It's been a busy weekend. We went the Eastern Markets yesterday morning for a tour by one of the local work staff. More great weather and we will definitely be going back to get some fabulous meat, veg and local crafts. I left slightly early to meet a  former work friend (one of the chooks) visiting so we spent the rest of the day together shopping, eating and catching up.

Almost a sossy roll :0

Flavoured pickles !!

There is a cafe at home that makes the BEST tollhouse cookies. I've tried to recreate this sweet treat and Nestle recipes are the most popular. Well voila, check out the shop we stumbled across when out shopping. I didn't buy any but I know where to go back to. 

And a story to finish to share an embarrassing moment. I bought Deb a Swatch watch for her birthday. When it arrived (through Amazon) I noticed it had stopped - damn, must be a flat battery. So I took it to a battery kiosk yesterday and asked could they replace the battery. The young fella looked at it, back, front, back again and said,it doesn't have a battery! What?? He said no, it doesn't need a battery. He was gently shaking it and it was working - see, it's ok now. It's a mechanical watch and it maintains time so long as you wear it every few days. I was quite embarrassed. He was smiling and my friend was just laughing. Anyway...later on we were at the kiosk next the battery guy. He saw me as he walked past and with a big cheeky smile he says, ' how's the battery workin' out for ya?'. My friend was in hysterics and I just laughed.  

Spring is coming.