Tuesday 3rd March: Yes, it's a pot of blackberries. Nothing strange there, you might think. Our family adores blackberry crumble and always pick as many as we can from the edges of parks and fields and freeze them to enjoy all year round. Now we are in NZ where there is little concern for Health and Safety and few rules about anything, it seems. EXCEPT the blackberry. Apparently the propogation, sale and distribution of blackberries is banned in NZ! Our neighbours told us of a plant that hasn't read the rules, on the side of a back road on the edges of town. We went out there today and picked 3lb.
Steve returned to work this morning and we returned to schooling. The day was grey and cool but the washing seems to have finally got itself dry. This afternoon we went out in the truck to see all the fords which are flooded. Many of the roads around the edges of the town have fords which cover the road after heavy rain. This is the first time we have seen them flooded. One of them had even shut the road as it had been over head level! The waters are receding but the flow still strong and much of the gravel road has probably washed away.
Off now to do something yummy with the blackberries - let's hope they taste as good as the ones back home.
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