Blueberries

When we are in Sweden we always like to pick blueberries in the forest near our cottage but in New Zealand they had proper blueberry farms where you could go in and taste wine and jam and chutney and other goodies, all made from blueberries. It was delicious and also they are very good for you, apparently.

I have been a bit lazy writing here lately. Hubby is away in Europe for 10 days and I have been very busy with the pool. Something went wrong when we were away and the pool people have been here several times. It is still not quite right so I have to manually clean the bottom since the vacuum cleaner doesn't do the job.  It involves a lot of diving! Those stupid berries from next door!

Just read in a Swedish daily about a 98 year old lady who is a blogger and blogs every day!!!! She actually moved to her son in Thailand at the same time as my mother moved with us to Sydney. Both of them are back in Sweden now after their great adventures, for different reasons. If you understand Swedish here is a link.

Back to another little detail about New Zealanders. Like their Aussie friends, they seem to like "Big Things". Here are some of them:

Me and The White Kiwi

Me and Kiwi, the fruit

Hubby liked this one because Gumboot was his
nickname for a long time

This blog entry wouldn't be complete without a photo of me eating. Here is a photo from a food market where they made these delicious mussel fritters. I hope this recipe is as good as the ones we had. I haven't tried them yet but I think I will do it when we are having the kids here in March.

"The kids" you say, "Are they coming all the way to Australia ... from South America and Africa?" Yesss, for the first time since 2009 we will have all three plus boyfriend under one roof. I can't wait!!! It will not be for very long but at least it is finally happening, more about that later.

It's time to do chores, so bye for now. I'll leave you with a few more pretty pictures from NZ.

Museum of Rotorua, previous bathhouse