Saturday, September 18, 1999
Pickled Onions!
Last week I took the kids to the "beach" at Varennes sur Seine, i.e. a big lake with a small artificial beach (real sand though!). It was so nice, because there were enough trees and grass close to the water's edge so that I could be in the shade and watch the kids playing in the water. They really turn heads in their New Zealand anti-skin cancer swimsuits!
We had a delicious picnic and then I lay back and dozed. I was happy and they were happy so it was a perfect afternoon. However Pauline kept interrupting my doze - every now and then she found a pickled onion floating in the water, so she came running to show me! I pointed out a rubbish bin and she proudly ran over to throw it in! This happened about four times, I was laughing my head off. Talk about weird, someone must have lost their lunch literally!
On the weekend I took the children for a walk near the railway embankment and we came across some plum trees that didn't seem to belong to anybody and lots of wild blackberries, so we spent a happy morning picking fruit. It always tastes better when it's free! Later I made a gorgeous pie, wish you could taste it.
We had a delicious picnic and then I lay back and dozed. I was happy and they were happy so it was a perfect afternoon. However Pauline kept interrupting my doze - every now and then she found a pickled onion floating in the water, so she came running to show me! I pointed out a rubbish bin and she proudly ran over to throw it in! This happened about four times, I was laughing my head off. Talk about weird, someone must have lost their lunch literally!
On the weekend I took the children for a walk near the railway embankment and we came across some plum trees that didn't seem to belong to anybody and lots of wild blackberries, so we spent a happy morning picking fruit. It always tastes better when it's free! Later I made a gorgeous pie, wish you could taste it.
# posted by Antipodeesse @ 10:07 pm 
