Mushrooms galore

After the seething mass of people and anonymity of London I am constantly delighted by the many acts of neighbourliness that we encounter in Taihape. This evening Leif and I returned home from work to see a car in our driveway. It was the parents of a student of mine dropping off a big bowl of wild mushrooms they'd picked this afternoon on their farm. I had only met them once before but had waved to them in the main street yesterday. They simply thought we might like some mushrooms - given they are the most luscious-looking, picture-perfect (hence the photo!) mushies I have even seen I was a very happy recipient!