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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Feijoa Frenzy

There's a fire on in our potbelly stove. It's only 6pm but it's dark and cold outside. It's winter in New Zealand.

It's not all bad. Our afternoons can still be quite warm when it's sunny. It never snows which means that I can enjoy the garden year round. The best part of the garden are the fruit trees which are all in fruit at the moment.

You might remember our tamarillo trees from last year... a.k.a. "tree tomatoes".


My favourite fruit of all time is called a "feijoa" which is a cousin of the Guava. They are like nothing I have ever eaten before and I can consume copious amounts of them at a time. I can't even begin to explain what they taste like... they are slightly tangy but sweet. My mouth waters just thinking about them!

I love feijoa season! Lucky for us, we have two feijoa trees in our backyard!

Friday, April 04, 2008

Christmas at the beach - anyone?


We've been talking and have decided to book our flights to Canada for Christmas this year. If we book now, the price won't be too bad for the 4 of us. We might as well just bite the bullet and do it now while the kids are still young - next year Natalya will graduate to an adult fare.

Brian and the girls have never experienced a white Christmas (I hope it will be a white one) and they've certainly never experienced a Canadian Christmas! They'll be absolutely blown away.

So we are looking to find someone to rent out our place while we're away... and feed the cat.

It's a modest three bedroom bungalow with one bathroom. The lounge is large and has a pull out sofa. There are enough beds to sleep 8 in the house. There's also the sleep out (my office) which could sleep another one or two PLUS our caravan which has a double bed as well.

We are planning to install a second bathroom on the sleepout - it should be finished by Christmas.

We are a short walk to Bayfair shopping mall and the beach. We have a lovely large private garden with fruit trees, organic vegetables and BBQ facilities.

If you've ever thought about what it would be like to spend a nice family Christmas somewhere warm - then this could be the ideal opportunity. Talk to some friends... maybe you can find a few families who can be convinced to take this opportunity to come to New Zealand for Christmas at the beach in a nice family home of someone you know and trust.

Don't forget, we have a caravan which can also be used for weekends away to other areas.



Sounds pretty perfect to me! What are you waiting for! Wanna come to New Zealand for Christmas?

Send me an email if you're interested... or leave me a comment on the blog...

tracypepper@yahoo.com