I love strawberries. I especially love finding them on sale, because growing them is a pain.
But what I love even more than finding strawberries on sale (and combining them with rhubarb) is chopping them up, mixing them with a little sugar, and then pouring them over a big bowl of vanilla ice cream.
It’s summer in a bowl!
Do you like strawberries? What’s your favorite way to eat them?
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Buddy, Buddy, don’t freak out!
It’s only your shadow!
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I could use some peace. Could you use some peace? Maybe I can help with that:
Doesn’t that picture just fill you with peace? I could stare at it all afternoon. *happy sigh*
I don’t know what this is, but it’s come up in my backyard for the last two summers now, and I can’t help marveling over how beautiful it is (despite the fact that it smells like onions). Does anyone have any idea what it is? If so, let me know! 🙂
Happy Friday, everybody! 🙂
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June is a crazy busy month. Always has been, probably always will be. In looking at my calendar for the rest of the month, I’ve decided to take a hiatus from Photo Fridays for June. Between vacation, getting ready for vacation, birthday parties, getting ready for birthday parties, and the impending Corn Carnival, I’m going to have more on my plate than you can shake a stick at.
Summer is a time to relax, take it easy, and go with the flow. If I’m stressing about my blog? Going with the flow is the last thing that’ll happen.
So stay tuned next month, when Photo Friday will make a triumphant return. Okay, maybe it won’t be triumphant, but it will definitely return, so keep your peepers peeled and have a great month! 😀
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Holy cow – how have I been at this project for 300 days already? Didn’t I just start this thing?
Today is the kids’ last day of school. It’s the last day of school in the building they’re in for good (as far as I know at the moment), as the school district has decided to close the building. *sigh* The last day of school is supposed to be a fun day – it’s the beginning of summer, baby! – not a downer.
With that in mind, here’s a beginning I made last night:
I suppose technically, I made this beginning last weekend, when I actually put together the pie crust and the fruit. Thing is, I didn’t actually get the pie put together until last night. When I trimmed the bottom pie crust, I had more left than I thought I’d have, so I tried to make the top crust out of my remains, but I didn’t have quite enough for that. That was when I decided to try a lattice crust. I’d never done one before, and the results aren’t exactly pretty (especially now that I’ve noticed I botched up the lattice), but hopefully it tastes better than it looks.
I’ll find out tonight. 🙂
Are your kids still in school yet? If not, how long have they been on summer break?
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Today was an absolutely wonderful day to spend at the park. After running a few errands, we did just that.
The boys had a blast playing on the swings and the slides and the horsies. It wasn’t too hot, it wasn’t too cold, the sun was shining – it was just right.
But then we had to come home, and there were two very upset little boys. Luckily they were easily pacified with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original cartoon version) when we got home, which made me happy because I had supper to fix, pie to bake, and a house to clean before a guest arrived.
Whew!
How do you like to spend beautiful days with your kids?
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This picture isn’t quite as old as some of the others I’ve been posting, but after reading this comment on my scouting throwback post, I decided a post with Miss A. was in order. 🙂
This one is from the summer of 2008, when Miss A. came back for a visit. I don’t remember why, just that we had a great time seeing each other, as we always do. It doesn’t matter how far apart we are, we’ll always be the best of friends. 🙂
Don’t forget to check out Charnele’s Photo Friday post! 🙂
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Once upon a time, I was quite adept at climbing trees. This tree was at my grandparents’ house and did a fantastic job of shading their driveway. I remember, quite vividly, perching in one of its many crotches and writing my first poem (a copy of which I still have somewhere in my office).
When Bubbles was born, I was disappointed that we didn’t have any good climbing trees in our yard. Then I moved to town, and each new place also lacked good climbing trees. At last we have a place with lots of trees for the kids to climb, and they’ve taken to it like ducks to water (the older ones, anyway). To me, there’s nothing quite like climbing a tree for fun and adventure.
Don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and take a gander at her throwback post!
Did you climb trees when you were a kid? Do you let your kids climb them?
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Have I mentioned lately that I’m tired of winter? Cuz I totally am. We seem to be getting the short end of the winter stick this year – all the sub-freezing temps, but none of the pretty, pretty snow.
Now, of course, it feels like March outside because the temperatures have rebounded from somewhere in the -10°F range to the mid-30’s, and it’s glorious. But, as one of my awesome friends said yesterday, “I want it to be March in March.”
March it ain’t, at least not yet.
But in honor of the warmer temperatures, I thought I’d share a picture from a warmer time of year. Here’s me driving a tractor for the first time last summer. We lost some trees in one of the many storms that plagued our area last year, and Seymour and I spent a good portion of this particular afternoon cleaning one of them up. Driving a tractor was an interesting experience – I’ve driven riding lawn mowers many times, but it’s been ages since I did it last, and this is quite a bit bigger. Still, it was a good day.
I can’t wait for more good days on the farm this summer. What are you looking forward to this year?
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What do I treasure? Well, I treasure many things, but of all the things I treasure, my family is most important:
This is from our annual summer gathering on my mother-in-law’s side of the family. While this isn’t everyone, it is the picture in which my children were at least all looking in the direction of the camera, even if they weren’t all smiling. I love my family, and am blessed to have married into such a wonderful one.
What do you treasure?
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 