You may remember me mentioning that I’m getting ready to host a family reunion this weekend. AND that we opened our Shaved Ice business this week.
Between those two events…I’ve felt a bit CRAZY this week. (My poor children…) ;)
So, you might imagine what I felt when a friend of mine called a couple of days ago to tell me that their strawberry patch had WAY more strawberries than they could ever eat. She told me they were ready to be picked again, and that I could come anytime.
My to-do list is as long as my leg…but I COULD NOT pass up the chance to have as many organic fresh strawberries as I could pick. So yesterday morning the boys and I put on our strawberry pickin’ gear and away we went.
I forgot to take the camera with me so that I could take a picture of my happy strawberry pickers….but allow me to tell you how much FUN it was to walk into that awesome patch filled with so many strawberries you could stand in one place and pick for 10 minutes because there are so many strawberries in one spot.
My favorite part of the strawberry day was when Matt came home…and I told him that we’d been eating a lot of the strawberries we’d picked, but that we tried to save him just a few. Then he walked into the kitchen to see this:
Hehe…
I miss picking strawberries… sigh… they look delicious!
What a wonderful treat for you and your boys! I love strawberries! Can’t wait to hear what you do with all of them!:-)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE strawberries. They’re one of my very favorite foods. And they’re one of the top 3 things I miss from CA…maybe THE top thing…fresh berries straight from the field. Yum!
Oh, I’m so jealous. Strawberries have been gone from this area for months. Silly Texas heat! But there is nothing better in life than homegrown strawberries. Well, maybe homegrown tomatoes. Homegrown pumpkins are good, too. Oh! And fresh picked spinach in the middle of winter. Mmm …
The moral of the story? I like things that grow in my garden. :) And your strawberries are so pretty!! We picked dewberries is quantities like that this year, and I made a ton of dewberry jam and dewberry syrup.
~Brea
Oh how I love strawberries. How fun!!