Part of it's fascination for me was the setting for the first part of the story. Tauranga in 1886.
I won't be able to walk along Willow Street or up the rise in Wharf Street or along the Strand without thinking about what it might have been like in the late 1800s.
I don't think I would have made a very seemly Victorian Lady........too many strong opinions of my own! If you google Lindsey's name you can see the other books she has written. Her name will be familiar to NZ TV viewers and magazine readers .
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I have spent some time cutting and pinning pebble fabric hexagons for the bottom of my quilt in progress.
I want to form a garden path along the bottom edge.
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This morning I have been making strawberry conserve . I like strawberries raw but R won't eat them like that, so as I have picked lots in the last couple of days, I cooked some with minimal addition of sugar and he will eat them that way.
I never did get the bird protective frame I asked for over the blueberries. Instead I draped and pegged flexible netting over most plants. The size is poor compared with bought blueberries but I know they needed more water ( which I have to cart in ) . Still there are lots more colouring up and I will not waste them. A possum has been avoiding the trap and has eaten every single apple; 6 ripening plums and lots of nashi. The crops were light to start with so it is very disappointing. It's a long way from the house so I wouldn't hear a possum. I'll ask for the trap to be reset The only alternative is to pick fruit before it is properly ripe.
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Your blueberries look a good size to me (conmparing them with the shop bought ones in Adelaide) I bet they taste better too. Possums are clever creatures, must be annoying to have them steal your fruit crops.
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