We've had a fun filled weekend but let's go back a few Saturdays ago when we visited a farm and got us some pumpkins.
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| This was a 9kg pumpkin |
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| Pumpkins galore |
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| We bought two smallish sized ones |
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| Not easy trying to lift these up! |
We invited some friends over yesterday for a home cooked dinner. Alas one of the pumpkins turned bad and so we had one left for carving last night. We cooked up a storm in the kitchen, thanks to contributions from various friends.
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| Our spread! From top: duck spring rolls, octopus tako-pachi balls courtesy of Rachel, Cottage Chicken courtesy of CY, (in the big wok) is K's 'pride and joy' chicken dish, yet in another big pot (covered) is Rachel's clams and seaweed soup, and lastly I cooked the bottom two dishes - simple veg and a prawn and tofu dish |
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| One pic before tucking in! |
We've got seriously talented friends here because not only did we have octopus tako-pachi balls from Rachel, the Kim's turned up with homemade -
ang ku kuehs! In line with the Halloween theme no less, they were coloured in orange. *cue applause
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| Homemade ang ku kuehs filled with peanut paste |
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| All things orange here |
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| We proceeded to carve our pumpkin |
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| Done! |
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| The Kim's |
Our last guests left close to 1am cos the conversations just went on and on. So fun! Amongst us we have two camps - royalists and anti-royalists and so it's always quite interesting to hear two points of view.
Clocks moved forward by an hour this past Sunday night too, and so that meant an extra hour's sleep for us, woop woop.
Sunday morning we woke up to a very foggy morning and I took two snaps of our garden. They turned out to be how I had always imagined England to be. i.e. foggy!
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| how different our garden looks now that we have transitioned from summer |
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| A peek into our neighbour's garden, and we couldn't see anything beyond those trees |
We had lots of leftover food from last night, enough to last our lunch and dinner for today. So nice to be able to take a break from cooking sometimes :) We had lunch and lazed on the couch, wondering where we could do a short afternoon walk. Get out and have some fresh, crisp air.
We both started googling and because K didn't want to drive for more than 30min each way, we settled for two places not far from each other. The first was Joydon's Woods which, going by its name, is woodlands with many trees (think Enid Blyton's Enchanted Wood) whereas the other was Swanley Park. They are within 6min drive of each other and so we decided to visit both. K started to pack a little snack bag for us and set the kettle to boil so we could bring a small flask of coffee with us. Ooh excited already!
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| Arriving at the woods |
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| Which direction? Would I see toadstools sprouting up in the clearing? |
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| No toadstools or brownies but there was a sign describing the history of this place, which dates back to 1,500 years ago! |
We walked for about 30min then sat down to have some snacks. We saw families with dogs having their afternoon walk but it was quiet generally. Just us and the trees.
We arrived at Swanley Park 6min later which was so beautiful with it's hues of yellow, brown and green. So much fallen leaves on the ground. There weren't too many people either and so we walked a little and sat on a bench.
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| Never tire of autumn, I say! |
A very fulfilling weekend spent with friends and my loved one.
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