This weekend was absolutely beautiful in Adelaide. Picture perfect autumn day. It was too good to waste so I cycled down to Himeji Japanese Garden, a Japanese-style garden on South Terrace.
I brought along my camera but didn’t spend too much time on it. The garden was particularly busy today. Families with kids running around, people dozing in the sun, some hipster guy who looked as if he was meditating for a couple of minutes before he started tapping away on his powerbook and even a bit of wedding photography going on too (I would have sacked the photographer, he was all “yeah, baby! Give me a smile there! Even the guys are looking good! C’mon now, grab her butt! Give me a bit of *smooching sound*.)
Anyway I found a nice big stable stone that was on the edge of the water. I brought along “Alamein, War without Hate“, a war history by John Bierman & Colin Smith. It’s about the North African desert campaign in World War II - Rommel, Monty, etc. It’s utterly fascinating. Bit of a contrast staring out at a peaceful idyllic pond while reading about death and destruction.
It was an extremely enjoyable afternoon actually. I must do it more often. It actually feels a bit decadent, being out in the open in a beautiful garden and just…reading. And I love cycling, it’s such an old school mode of transport.
Oh and did I mention I hang out at libraries, the museum and the art gallery on weekends?
And on Saturday I again snubbed the Mall for Central Market so I could make my spaghetti with home made meatballs and home made tomato sauce.
Also I am trying to use the computer less. I’ve always known the internet sucks up time arguably better spent in the fresh air, but I guess it is only now in my old age that I’m acting on it (’_').
Sidenote: When trying out some new WP themes, I noticed that WP 2.5 was out. So I’ve upgraded the WP install and happily, my RSS feed now works! I didn’t realise that the latest version came with a significant facelift so I dithered a bit thinking something disastrous had happened. It’s very web 2.0-ish. Very pleased.
See other photos from today’s expedition to the Garden here.
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