It was a bit of a shock to the system to realise that the last time I had gone looking for the strawberries at Arthur's Pass Jon was only a year old and Toby was ten. Now Jon is ten! The strawberries were still there although very few were ripe - cant have been as much sun before Chirstmas as the plants themselves had spread. They are still right at the back against the bush and, fortunately, mainly behind the Catholic Tramping Club hut, given the rapid encroachment of the concept of private property in Arthur's Pass township.
Jonathan told us a couple of nights back that he is now officially a "tween" which may account for his sudden allergy to having his photo taken. Despite that he is still into hunting for the tiny fish if the stream behind the school. We met the guy from Mountain House today while we were up that way and he loaned Jon a special fish trap which he has just gone off to check on. I'll add photos to this post later once I have got the re-sized ones off the other laptop.
The weather has been reasonably typical - sunny and windy with cloudy patches most days although today (Tuesday) it has slipped to overcast with intermittent light showers
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