Yup, another weekend has sped on by.
Besides doing a couple of hours of freelance writing work, my weekend was obligation-free and fabulous. Here are some snapshots of the bits of awesomeness that made up my Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.
Caramel apples make my dog very attentive:
On Saturday evening, my hubby and I had a mountain biking date at our favorite spot around here. The views are gorgeous, there are lots of animals around, and because it’s kind of in the middle of nowhere, the park is never in the least bit crowded.
Adam took a few shots of me riding… which I wasn’t even aware of because he’s always like a mile ahead of me. Damn his strong legs!
As you can kind of tell, there’s a steep drop if you steer off the path, and the path is not all that wide. I’m always a little paranoid that I’ll somehow lose control and go flying down the side of the mountainous terrain. Because of this, on Saturday I hugged a turn a bit too much and kind of slammed into the side of a big hill. Whoopsies. (accident #1 of the weekend)
We found ourselves near a lot of deer and cows, including cute and awkward little calves:
On Saturday we wound up at a farmers’ market in San Jose for the first time. It wasn’t huge, but the vendors brought some nice stuff. I nabbed these gorgeous flowers for $4….
…and also bought some grapes:
Some of the grapes were eaten as part of an easy, snacky Saturday night dinner. The meal also included this locally made, hormone free amazingness:
Sonoma Jack = delicious cheese!! For any cheese lovers living in the area, you seriously need to find some of this stuff and try it. They also have a pesto flavor that is yummy.
Dinner also included apple cinnamon goat cheese, crackers, guacamole and tortilla chips.
And then, there was dessert: chocolate peanut butter fruit dip with apple, banana & more grapes. Nom.
This weekend we made our first fire of the season. I loveeee fires and find them to be so cozy and relaxing. At this time we figured out a new weird phobia of Harley’s: newspaper. When my hubby took out some for the fire, she quickly turned around and bolted out of the living room, hitting me at full-force in the knee with her head (accident #2 of the weekend). Ouch.
The fire crackling and that great fire smell permeating in my house got me so relaxed, I passed out in front of it on the floor Saturday night. 😉
And speaking of snoozing, Harley cuddled with me very cutely this weekend. She only likes to cuddle with me when I’m wrapped in a blanket, but I’ll take it!
And then there was lots of Sunday football! The NY Giants won their second game in a row (and of the season, but hey, things are looking up!), and I forced Harley to wear her good luck-charm bandana during the game:
There were a few green monsters made this weekend…
Vitamins and nutrients, get in my belly!
And then there was accident #3 of the weekend: slicing my finger while carving a pumpkin. I find it funny that even though I’m a pretty big klutz, I hardly ever cut myself cooking (*knock on wood*) yet I managed to slice myself carving a pumpkin. Whomp.
Adam and I carve pumpkins together every year and have a little contest of sorts. I majorly screwed mine up this year, so I’ll concede that his owl carving beat my spider pumpkin.
We carved them while watching my favorite Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus.
Booo-ooo-kkkk!!
And lastly, this is my first autumn in the Bay Area, and I must say that I’m surprised. It’s really autumn here — leaves changing color and falling off and everything! The temperature drops have been insane: 40 degrees at night and doubling during the day to the mid 80’s all last week.
Harley, I don’t think we’re in San Diego anymore.
What makes for an awesome weekend for you?
Beautiful pictures, especially the nature. So so beautiful!
How did you make the Chocolate Peanut Butter Dip? It sounds very yummy. 😉
Thank you!!
The choc PB dip is from the food blog Oh She Glows. All you do is mix 3/4 c peanut butter, 1 c almond milk, 1/4 c maple syrup/agave (I use the latter), 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, 1/3 c chopped dark choc/chips and a pinch of salt in a food processor. So yummy!
Thank you very much! I will try this for sure! ♥
You’re very welcome!
Your photos of your bike ride are amazing!! It looks like you had a fabulous weekend that included a lot of my favorite things. I love me a good cheese platter and biking is so much fun!
Your photos of you biking are gorgeous! I too love cheese and those flowers are amazing. Sounds like you had a great weekend filled with a lot of my favorite things!
I know, I read your blog sometimes and think that we seem an awful lot alike… We just may be blogger soul sisters 🙂
Harley looks cute with her bandana on and your food looks so good as usual! An awesome weekend to me includes lots of fun, relaxation, time with my husband and dog, and good food, so pretty much exactly what you had in your weekend!
The bandana looks like a cape on her so when she wears it I can’t stop saying “Super puppppy!” Ha.
That picture of you is absolutely stunning! How lucky are you to have access to such beauty! Everything about your weekend looks perfect. I love weekend recap posts because it allows you to look at all the wonderful things in your life and feel grateful. At least thats how they are for me 🙂
You’re so right Davida! It also makes me think that sometimes it’s the little things – like making a fire & some awesome dessert – that can make a day or weekend fun. Makes me stop & think about appreciating them!
Looks like a perfect weekend! Your pumpkins turned out awesome. I don’t know…I think the spider might beat the owl. 😉 Hopefully three accidents will be the end of it! Gah.
We were supposed to carve pumpkins this last weekend but Brandon had to work all weekend so no such luck. Oh well, next year.
Harley is so precious. Poor pup, afraid of the newspaper. Did you rescue her? I wonder if she had a bad experience with it in the past?
I love you for saying that you like my pumpkin better!! 🙂
Yeah, I thought the same thing about the newspaper. We rescued her when she was a puppy. She was young but her litter was found on the street so who knows where she came from. The other day she was growling and fixated towards a wall in my kitchen, and I’m somewhat convinced that there was a ghost or something there! Or maybe she’s just nuts…. Haha.
I just caught up on reading, which farmers market was this? Believe it or not I only ever go to one in San Jose (downtown on Fridays). Those are the best kind of dinners!
And I’ve never been to that one…Maybe we can go together sometime! This was the one on Blossom Hill Rd. We wound up passing it randomly, and I can never pass up checking out a farmers’ market 🙂