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A sample of the conversation in the blueberry patch will give an idea of why I have been feeling aggravated:<\/p>\n
N&D B (for Biggest): these blueberries are so small!\u00a0 I don’t know how long we’re going to stay here picking blueberries.\u00a0 I can’t believe how small they are!\u00a0 We will never get enough to make a tart.\u00a0 I just feel like we’re not really getting anywhere.\u00a0 You and Antonia should come back with a bowl tomorrow. Do you think if we leave them they will get bigger?\u00a0 How much longer are we going to pick berries for? This is going to be the tiniest tart ever! … ad infinitum<\/em><\/p>\n N&D A (for Adorable): oh, little berries, I’m going to eat you up!\u00a0 Aren’t I going to eat them Mummy?\u00a0 Look Mummy! I think there must be a thousand berries here, Mummy.\u00a0 Do you think there are a thousand berries Mummy?\u00a0 Look how many I’ve got Daddy! Would you like to hear my poem about berries, Mummy? Mummy, how many berries do you think we’ve picked?\u00a0 We’ve got quite a lot of berries haven’t we Mummy?… ad infinitum<\/em><\/p>\n To really get the effect, you have to imagine them both saying stuff like that at once, without any regard to the fact that the other is speaking!\u00a0 They do not always go on like that all day, I promise.\u00a0 If they did, I think I would divorce one and send the other to school. They are both just overtired. Now, I am overtired from listening to them.\u00a0 I did make the tart though, and it was delicious.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today was one of those days where my nearest and dearest seemed determined to aggravate me so it was lucky that we found a nice patch of wild blueberries so that I could have something nice to talk about.\u00a0 Also I found a fortuitous envelope in my pocket to put them in. A sample of … Continue reading Wild blueberries<\/span> <\/p>\n