Hi everyone on this International Women’s Day! I’m joining #WeekendCoffeeShare. It’s 7:30PM, so no more coffee for me. If you’d like a drink though, feel free to grab one and let’s chat.
If we were having coffee, first I’d talk about the weather. For most of the week, it’s been absolutely gorgeous! Today, we even reached 20°C. I know that this isn’t good news, in the sense that it’s way too warm for early March. I do care, but I also realize that I alone (or even all of the Netherlands alone) can’t stop or slow down climate change. For this reason, I’m enjoying the good weather while I can.
If we were having coffee, then I’d brag about all the physical activity I got in. Yesterday, I set a new record on my exercise minutes by exercising (mostly walking) for over three hours. I burned 600 active calories according to my Apple Watch.
Today, I didn’t walk as much, but still went for a few nice walks and I did ride the side-by-side bike. It’s an eBike and my staff had forgotten to check its battery level, so it quit working midway through our ride.
If we were having coffee, then I’d tell you that, on Thursday, my staff and I took a walk around the nearby lake. We also walked this route one day in late January and I remembered a little café along the way had the most delicious caramel pie. My partner looked at the menu on Wednesday and said the caramel pie wasn’t on it. Maybe it was the “pie of the week”. Thankfully, once at the café, my staff asked the waitress whether they still had the caramel pie and they did!
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you I am planning to create a trinket dish out of polymer clay soon. I ordered a cutter for it, which arrived on Monday. Unfortunately, my ceramic tile that I work on, is too small to cut out the shape on. However, one of my staff said she still had ceramic tiles somewhere and, thankfully, these were big enough. Haven’t gotten down to actually creating the trinket dish yet, because the weather’s just too beautiful.
If we were having coffee, I’d also share that, on Tuesday, a staff and I went for a walk around grounds again with the purpose of taking pictures of nature. There were mostly snowdrops and crocuses to be seen.
A few days later though, they’d mostly gone and the first daffodils could be spotted. No pics of those, as it was too sunny when I was out today.
If we were having coffee, I would conclude by saying this week overall was good. I had a few moments when I was in distress over the fact that there were quite a few temp workers, but the staff made sure always to assign me a regular staff. I realize it can’t always be this way and I’m okay with that, but I did tell my staff that my accepting a temp worker once out of necessity doesn’t make them a regular.
A Multitude of Musings 
I am so pleased you were able to enjoy the treat of that pie! It’s always worth asking the question, no?
Congratulations on your walks, every step counts!
Hope you’re enjoying a lovely weekend!
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Thanks a lot for your kind comment! Yes, my weekend is going well so far.
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our crocuses have come and gone. We have one daffodil that comes up every year. It is still blooming but looks lonely.
the pie looks delicious and three hours of walks is amazing! Congrats!!
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Thanks so much for stopping by! Are daffodils supposed to be in bloom in early March where you are? Here, they didn’t use to start blooming until mid-April.
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I’m in the southern USA and this is the normal time for daffodils to bloom here.
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Ah, I see.
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The caramel pie is something I would definitely order. ~IT looks delicious!
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It certainly was. Thanks for stopping by.
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While having a cuppa I would talk about cyclone Alfred, and how my niece was didn’t suffer any damage or loss of power.
I would share how I loved going for long walks and how much I miss it
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Oh yes, cyclone Alfred was onn the news here too. I’m glad your niece was safe. I sympathize with you with respect to your missing the ability to walk for long distances.
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I’m glad you had a good week. The spring flowers look so pretty. I’m looking forward to seeing them here soon. Thank you for your weekend coffee share.
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Thanks for your kind comment. I truly loved photographing the flowers.
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Congratulations on the walking. I’ve been trying to walk more too. Yesterday I went to a city garden and walked quite a bit. Every step is good!
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I agree completely. Thanks for your encouraging comment.
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That pie looks delicious! I feel the same way bout climate change that you do; I figure my attitude toward the weather isn’t going to change it though so I might as well enjoy it whenever it’s nice.
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Agree. I mean, there are things as individuals we can do to limit our environmental footprint and, if everybody does a little, it might help. That doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the weather though.
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Thanks for the coffee astrid. Was the caramel pie good? Those flowers are stunning and great job on the exercise. I do not enjoy being outside in poor weather. Uggh. I got out and walked on Tuesday because it was a dry day.
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Thanks for commenting! The caramel pie was absolutely heavenly.
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caramel pie sounds yummy! Congrats on all the steps you got in! And I am glad you got out in nature!c
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Thank you for stopping by. The caramel pie was absolutely delicious indeed.
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