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.  Also I found a fortuitous envelope in my pocket to put them in.

A sample of the conversation in the blueberry patch will give an idea of why I have been feeling aggravated:

N&D B (for Biggest): these blueberries are so small!  I don’t know how long we’re going to stay here picking blueberries.  I can’t believe how small they are!  We will never get enough to make a tart.  I just feel like we’re not really getting anywhere.  You and Antonia should come back with a bowl tomorrow. Do you think if we leave them they will get bigger?  How much longer are we going to pick berries for? This is going to be the tiniest tart ever! … ad infinitum

N&D A (for Adorable): oh, little berries, I’m going to eat you up!  Aren’t I going to eat them Mummy?  Look Mummy! I think there must be a thousand berries here, Mummy.  Do you think there are a thousand berries Mummy?  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?  We’ve got quite a lot of berries haven’t we Mummy?… ad infinitum

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!  They do not always go on like that all day, I promise.  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.  I did make the tart though, and it was delicious.