Pickles

My friend S gave me these homemade bread and butter pickles.  Well, her sister makes them. They are more sweet and sour in taste and I love them enough to eat them plain.  Are you a pickle lover?

S and I  went for a chat and a coffee on the weekend.  She summed it up really well when she said her 20 year old daughter is 'there but not really there' when she is at home.  It must be normal as they get busy with their own lives, especially now that L has a steady boyfriend.  Even my 17 year old son plans his own activities now.  My friend has been having a busy summer to the point where her shoulder was aching that day.  She decided to stop by a sports massage clinic on the way home.  She had been having a ladies weekend at a friend's cottage and suspects the friend has anorexia nervosa.  It doesn't seem that she is getting or wants help with it, such is life.

We've been having a lot of rain, perfect for weeding!  I swear weeding is therapeutic, very satisfying when the ground is soft and the weather is overcast and cooler.  For some strange reason, my bones/back have not been aching in that arthritis way for well over a week.  It's great to feel young again!  (Wonder if all the weeding is making me more limber?  Lol)