My friend Ana turned up with her two boys, a tub of plums, lemons and apricots and I was more than happy to share a few figs with her in exchange. Nothing like a summer fruit swap, replete with kids to help out with harvesting.
It was a hot day for Tasmania, maybe 29 degrees or so, and the whole gang of 4 kids and the mums headed up the road to feed a miniature pony we feel somewhat related to, and race around Mary and Roger's magical bush garden while being chased by the cantering wee horse. Hilarious! It was hard to let a few unpleasant work calls on my mobile dampen the fun.
Back in our garden the kids continued the mad race around our garden, which ended in a few tumbles from Scooters (Finn and Simone) , a nose bleed and tears(Evie), a vomit (Evie again), and even an allergic reaction to the horse hair by one of the visiting boys (Darcey). Nothing like raging excitement to have everyone falling in a heap at the end.
Mouthwatering...can you post a pic sometime (on Flickr maybe?) that shows how big these beauties are?
ReplyDeleteOh divine, what a lovely day you have had. I just adore figs. When I was a child I used to stay with my great aunt & uncle on the school holidays in South Caulfield (Victoria). They had the hugest fig tree in the middle of their back yard...leaves bigger than my whole head.... I used t get lost in the leaves.
ReplyDeleteMy Aunt made the best fig & ginger jam and great scones to have it with...yum.
Thanks for that memory jog...I had almost forgotten.