The blackberries have all been picked, made into jam and sold on our stall. Another successful season with our plum and blackberry jams. A long wait until next Summer now until we can make some more. It is nice to make something from the fruit from our field rather than just letting it rot and go to waste, a nice connection with nature.
Both Daniel and Anja have started back at school after their long 10 week Summer holiday. Daniel has already got back in the swing with both basketball and soccer and Anja is back to her dance routine. It is nice to see how many kids are involved with sports and clubs and other activities over here. There are definitely lots to choose from.
Anja had her birthday and she had an evening with her friends over for a sleepover. They swam in the pool, had their nails done, watched DVDs and ate pizza and ice-cream cake. I also helped with the pizza and ice-cream cake eating. I am now a parent of two teenagers although I am sure I don’t look it!
We had a BBQ and there were 25 of us altogether. Been a bit of a poor BBQ season this year due to the weather so it was nice to see friends and spend a bit of social time together. We have met up with another British family who have recently emigrated here and it has been good to be able to share each others experiences of emigrating and talk about our local area here.
Some friends from England came over for a visit and stayed with us for a week and it was nice to catch up and find out what has happened in each others lives. Since we left 3 ½ years ago they have had two children so a couple of new additions in their life.
The weather is still up and down being warm and sunny one day and wet and chilly another but, as someone said the other day, the forests and plants will be thankful for it as normally the Summers here are hot and dry. Also this year flowers lasted longer and the grass stayed green so the wet Summer has had it’s benefits.
We were also involved with the live webcam seminars at the Emigration Shows in York and it was nice to speak to some of you and be able to answer some of your questions. It is always good to hear from you and if you have any questions please feel free to ask, we always reply to all of the e-mails so please don’t be shy.