Today’s post is both for Karen‘s Weekending update and for Carole‘s Ten on Tuesday round-up:

I had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend:

1. I sat outside for four sunsets in a row. (This looks more light than it actually was.)

2. I progressed on my knitting after a few setbacks. Sometimes reading the pattern carefully helps: For instance, did you know that row 101 is not the same as row 1? Or that put a yarn over in between two picked up stitches is not the same as put a yarn over every two picked up stitches. On to the lace edging!
3. I finished one book and put some serious mileage into a second one, which I picked up on my trip to the library Saturday.
4. I blew a lot of bubbles. Sometimes there were children around to enjoy them. Other times they were just for me.

5. I made strawberry fool for dessert.
6. Rudi and I went swimming at the local outdoor pool, which opened for the season this weekend.
7. I took myself out for teatime at a new-to-me cafe along the waterfront. They have streetside garage doors that roll up and tasty French desserts.

8. I listened to a Beach Boys cover band and picnicked with friends by the river.
9. I watched a couple stages of the Giro with Rudi and finished my first cycling challenge of the spring (30 miles in 30 days).
10. Rudi and I harvested the first strawberries from our garden. We ate the initial two on the spot.