Protecting the Patch

One of the things I am going to miss very much about this lovely house and its garden, is the berry patch. We have very large raspberry bushes, and also loganberries and strawberries growing next to our garage, right near our little deck.

When I arrived home yesterday, to my great delight, one of the first things I saw was the colour red where there was only green last week. Our berries have become ripe and delicious. I showed Phizz our patch, and with some pride we offered him raspberries as we picked them off the bush. He said he didn't think he'd ever had them that fresh before. Nor had he ever eaten a loganberry, which looks a lot like raspberry, but is slightly longer, shinier and tastes very different.

However, my mother and I are not the only ones who like to eat those berries, there are quite a few birds that like to feast on them as well! So today I spent some time putting up my yearly berry protection netting. I have to say, this year's attempt was much more successful that last year, and I hope that the berries might convince the future buyer of this house that they must have this berry patch for themselves.

We have had our first viewing enquiry for the house today, which is very exciting. I will tell the real estate agent that he must let the viewers pick some berries!

It's also nice to be back at the gym. I was very tired yesterday and couldn't keep my eyes open reading a book before Body Jam, but I was adement that I go since it's been more than a week that I last exercised (properly) and I indulged quite a bit while in Scheveningen and Amsterdam. I had an espresso before I went last night, knowing that would give me a little boost and I also knew that once I got there, I would really enjoy being there. I was right and I am so glad I went. We did Tectonic from Body Jam 52, which is one of my favourite blocks and I went really crazy. I got such a buzz and felt so energised afterwards. I came home on a real high!

Let me explain a little more about Body Jam, for those of you who are not familiar with the awesome dance work out, I've written about it several times on this blog. It's a workout by Les Mills, a New Zealander who came up with a whole lot of different exercise classes. Every three months or so, the classes get a new 'release', which means new steps/moves to new music. Body Jam, masterminded by the fabulous G (Gandalf Archer is his real name! And also a kiwi), is taught in blocks, each with different dance styles, which last for a few songs in which you build up a little dance routine. What I love about Body Jam that it uses all styles of dance, and all sorts of music, from heavy metal to hip hop to pop to rock to ballads and all sorts of crazy, funky, bizarre types of music in between. Lots of dance styles I had never even heard about, and music I would never listen to generally.

And I did Zumba with the lovely Bas this morning, who was in a particularly chirpy mood and he got the energy really pumping today. Usually Bas is quite laid back, and often I wish he added a little more oomph to his classes, but he was quite spirited this morning. Nice.

As you all now, I just love to dance!