Berry Karma
The weekend I was home alone, Bcc came to stay over. Thank goodness man, coz I think I would have freaked out in a big house all by myself. Somemore Frode didn’t end up staying the night so it was just Bcc and I.
Sunday after I had finished the cow house and cleaned the service, Bcc and I go blueberry picking. This time I made sure I wore something with sleeves. Coz the last time I went blueberry picking I didn’t have long sleeves which resulted in me being attacked by flies and having irritating bites on my arms which kept me up for many many nights. So this time smarter already. Cover up!
It’s the blueberry season now. It being Bcc’s and my ‘Gold’, we gotta go clear the area of blueberry man. We bring our buckets and blueberry pickers, walk through the field, cross 2 fences and were on our way to pick the GOLD.
There were a lot of blueberries man! And a lot of flies too! Initially I was still asking where the hell the flies were when I was prepared for their assault. Then as we neared the mountain, they appeared. All combat ready. Ha, but I had my sleeves, so tough luck for them. But they ended up getting me on my neck, the scalp as well as a bit of my hands. Damn hardcore or what?!
Bcc and I have different philosophies when it comes to picking blueberries. I pick indiscriminately. Big ones, small ones, I pick them all. Bcc on the other hand picks mostly what she calls ‘choice berries’ which translates to the big purple ones. She says they look better and eating big ones are nicer than smaller ones. I say it makes no difference when you end up mushing everything to make jam or when you chew them down to pulp and swallow.
My bucket was filling up faster than Bcc’s. I say it must have been coz she was ‘berry biased’ so the berries were not going to her. After a while Bcc starts to pick indiscriminately too, says coz she better build some berry karma so she can have a better change of luck with the berries. Well there’s a fine line between building berry karma and desperate berry picking man!
We pick about half a bucket each before heading back. By which I was dead tired. Then it was time for berry sorting again. Bcc sorted mine too. So Yay!!! Coz berry sorting is just dreadful. Bcc: good lah, act of kindness can help you build more berry karma!
Sunday after I had finished the cow house and cleaned the service, Bcc and I go blueberry picking. This time I made sure I wore something with sleeves. Coz the last time I went blueberry picking I didn’t have long sleeves which resulted in me being attacked by flies and having irritating bites on my arms which kept me up for many many nights. So this time smarter already. Cover up!
It’s the blueberry season now. It being Bcc’s and my ‘Gold’, we gotta go clear the area of blueberry man. We bring our buckets and blueberry pickers, walk through the field, cross 2 fences and were on our way to pick the GOLD.
There were a lot of blueberries man! And a lot of flies too! Initially I was still asking where the hell the flies were when I was prepared for their assault. Then as we neared the mountain, they appeared. All combat ready. Ha, but I had my sleeves, so tough luck for them. But they ended up getting me on my neck, the scalp as well as a bit of my hands. Damn hardcore or what?!Bcc and I have different philosophies when it comes to picking blueberries. I pick indiscriminately. Big ones, small ones, I pick them all. Bcc on the other hand picks mostly what she calls ‘choice berries’ which translates to the big purple ones. She says they look better and eating big ones are nicer than smaller ones. I say it makes no difference when you end up mushing everything to make jam or when you chew them down to pulp and swallow.
My bucket was filling up faster than Bcc’s. I say it must have been coz she was ‘berry biased’ so the berries were not going to her. After a while Bcc starts to pick indiscriminately too, says coz she better build some berry karma so she can have a better change of luck with the berries. Well there’s a fine line between building berry karma and desperate berry picking man!
We pick about half a bucket each before heading back. By which I was dead tired. Then it was time for berry sorting again. Bcc sorted mine too. So Yay!!! Coz berry sorting is just dreadful. Bcc: good lah, act of kindness can help you build more berry karma!
posted by Farmer Sam at 6:28 AM
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Unni is sorting the red currants she picked last year.. frozen berries keep very long leh! Red currants are *very very* sour and are eaten with lots of sugar and vanilla sauce, mooi is not a big fan of these berries, but Trond loves them ! Red currants are easier to harvest because they grow on little trees you can snip off a whole little twigs of currants! EH! can put nicer picture of me can or not ?!!??!!? After sorting mine (and mooi's) berries, I had blue fingertips. Mooi says looks like I have frostbitten fingers!!
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