Heritage Weekend

Saturday was Heritage Day in South Africa; it was also our National Braai (bbq) Day!
The weather was very good to us; it was a beautiful summer’s day in Cape Town.

We spent the afternoon at G’s parent’s house sitting outside in the sun, braai’ng and eating way to much food.  It was a lovely relaxing day!

Sunday we were blessed with a second glorious day, G unfortunately had to work so I spend the day doing little things around the house.  It turned out to be quite a productive day.

I went to our local nursery; they had a sale so I really had to restrain myself from coming home with loads of exciting things for our garden...  I was very good though, I bought some herb’s to add to my current herb garden.

I found a Mint Chocolate herb, have you ever heard of that?  I hadn’t!  The best part is that is actually smells like mint chocolate, it’s glorious. That of course was not on the list but made it into my herb garden, somehow... ;)  I am still not sure what I am going to use it in, so if you have any recipes or ideas that call for Chocolate mint, please let me know.

Last year I bought a strawberry bush but for some or other reason it died, G and I love strawberries and apparently they are supposed to be really easy to grow so I’m giving them a second chance to prove that to me. 

I have also added some chives to my garden, I found this really cute watering can a few months ago and wasn’t sure what I wanted to plant in it so my chives are now standing proud in their watering can.

After tending to my herb garden I started supper, stuffed chicken breasts (stuffed with fresh herbs, of course and feta) and a roasted butternut salad.  I have made the chicken breasts plenty but the roast butternut salad was a first time concoction, it was yummy!

While supper was in the oven I grouted G’s mosaic tissue box and then started on my next project.

After supper G and I took a drive to Camp’s Bay to watch the sunset, it was magnificent.
There was mist on the ocean, so you looked out and saw the mountains with the beach, ocean and then this thick cloud hovering on top of the ocean.  I have never seen this before, it was really beautiful.

Our evening was finished with vanilla ice cream and some tv before bed!

I felt really satisfied at the end of Sunday, knowing that I had such a productive day!

Till next time,
L