mellow and crafty

Pretty cool and very mellow weekend.

Friday night, Lisa invited us to the Moonwatching event at the Japanese Garden, and I'm so glad we went. It's one of the few times that the Japanese Garden is open at night. You walk up the path to the garden (located in a huge forest on a hill overlooking the city), and the path is all lit with little lanterns. You get to the garden, follow more lantern-lit paths out behind the house...and there is the moon, HUGE and yellow and right over downtown. It was just gorgeous. Someone was playing Japanese flute, and we just sat out for over an hour, talking to Lisa's boyfriend Steve and watching the progress of the moon. They had miso soup and this very good nutty green tea. It was just a great way to unwind and see the city in a new way.

Saturday, I did my outside exercise class, and it was much tougher this week, but it was great. We did a lot of hills, and I was the lead runner for most of it. Then since we could use the covered porch, we did more pilates, and I love how it connects me to my body and stretches everything out.

After that, I went to a scrapbooking store down the street, bought a bunch of new markers and fall stickers! Then it was grocery shopping and hanging out with the boy. We went out to Bridgeport pub for dinner, and I think we are taking that restaurant off our list, we haven't been really happy with the food there for the past few times.

Sunday was my crafty day. Tim was watching football all day, so I pulled out all my card making stuff and made a bunch of fall cards and then journalled. It was great! I'm really happy with how this batch came out.