Around our House

 Odds and ends.

Pasca (Easter) and Christmas always on show

a few guardian angels, a chicken, the essential blue eye and a red egg in Marmite egg cup.  

And a container of old Easter candles ready for power cuts. 

A NZ Pohutukawa tree mug. The Pohutukawa with its red flowers is the NZ Christmas tree.  It blooms around Xmas time

 A set of mugs came all the way from NZ a few years ago without chipping or breaking.  3 months later one fell into the sink and broke.  I didn't throw it away though.  How could I.  K glued it together and now its good side is on display.  The papermaché doll behind it was made by granddaughter Nels.  

Red peppers hanging to dry with a string of giant worry beads. K bought the peppers thinking they were the normal sweet kind sold by our grocer. He accidentally rubbed his eyes after cleaning them and the stinging made him run for soap and water. They were the hottest peppers I've ever tried. All I did was take a bite without actually putting it in my mouth and the burning sensation lasted for hours. 

No meat and peppers for lunch. 

He's hung them up to dry and grind up later on 

Santa Claus hangs on the wall all year round.  He has a few handy hooks for ribbons, hairbands and the like

Red wine from 3 years ago.

That was the last time we ventured up a Corinth mountain to collect 300 litres of wine from a family vineyard.

This bottle was given to me by the cousin who looks after the vines and makes the wine.  I found it a bit strong and it has stayed in the fridge these 3 years.  Surprise when I found it and tasted it.  It has matured into a very drinkable red.  So drinkable it is almost finished

Bringing home the wine

2021

Grandson George

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