We drove down to Federal Way on Saturday morning to visit Powellswood Garden. It's a peaceful, off-the beaten-path place few people in Seattle know about. We were there last in January, on a cold and soggy day. It was interesting seeing the bare bones of the garden, but you didn't want to linger. August is the peak of summer beauty. We always have the place to ourselves, or nearly.
Anyway, we were admiring the prehistoric looking gunnera plants, when John's sister Janice called from Ohio with the happy news that our nephew and his wife just welcomed their second set of twin girls into the world. The older twins turned three in July. Four little girls. How wonderful is that? Congratulations to all. Our family is truly blessed.
We never eat out in restaurants anymore. I mean, really--never. So it was a treat having lunch at the Olive Garden and the first time I've been there, if you can believe that sad fact. Anyway, the soup and salad all-you-can-eat special was good and popular with the senior set. The regular portions of everything else were too gigantic for lunch. But we both had seconds of chicken gnocchi and minestrone soup. And made a dent in those soft, salty, empty calorie bread sticks.
That's about all the weekend news. The perfect summer weather continues. It's a busy week coming up, not fun stuff, but nice to have it behind us as we head into September.
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