weekends in september

new carpet in the bedroom prompts a clean out and tidy up before we put everything back into place + brunch with friends overlooking the sea + lunch at a favourite local + cocktails (vesper martini for me, negroni for nic) and a few games of ticket to ride, europe

car, ferry, train and bus to get me to a podiatrist appointment in the city (ligament damage from multiple ankle sprains trail running) + the confident affirmation that there's things that can be done to help me get back to the trails again (hooray) + a trip to florets for coffee, cake and a brick of sourdough rye

flowers from nic from a local grower + friday movies (tinā, the thursday murder club) + oat and kūmara waffles with poached eggs and hollandaise + an off-island bicycle adventure, with a tasty lunch at peach’s hot chicken as our intermission + slaw with chicken and crispy noodles

the milky grey light arriving unexpectedly through the bedroom doors after a blue-skies and sunshiny day + another trip into the city to organise tramping gear for christmas + stationery shops and bus rides + drinks with a harbour view (largely ignored, because we were catching up with friends) + dinner with the same friends before a bumpy ferry journey home

flying to the south island to surprise my best friend for her birthday, arriving just in time for birthday cake + a delightful find when we went out for brunch the next morning + secondhand bargains (including a new recipe book) + ginger loaf made from the book (delicious) + saunas and sea swims + starting a new #100day series (because i can) + a walk and a picnic with my mother-in-law