Life Down Under

Strawberry Time

Strawberries are now in season - what a long-awaited joy! I've been anxiously waiting for strawberries to make their appearance on the store shelves......for a decent price. Since we're now in the southern hemisphere and found ourselves in the middle of winter in what "should have been" strawberry season (June-August), I've had to wait what seems like an enormously long time (admittedly only a few extra months) for those fresh, sweet, ripe strawberries to make their grand entrance into the grocery stores. And after my first experience today of New Zealand strawberries, I'm just about convinced that these could just be the best strawberries on the planet: bright red, slightly glossy, big, plump, juicy, and sweet!

Anyways, moving right along to more important things, this evening I drive up to Auckland to pick up Aaron from the airport - can't wait to see him! We managed to squeeze out a tremendously good deal at this hotel, so Nic is going to have Taylor for the night, and Aaron and I will enjoy a nice little getaway before venturing back home sometime tomorrow. I know he'll be anxious to see his littlest princess, too, so we probably won't spend the whole day away, but even so, it will be nice to have some good time together since he's been gone all week. Yeah!