strawberries

okay, so i know i'm behind ... but did i really never mention that we picked strawberries? sheesh. mom & i went and picked strawberries. of course, we picked one of the four hot days we've had this summer. and we went in the middle of the day, when the sun was good & high in the sky. unfortunately, the picking wasn't great. the berries we got were very pretty & tasty ... but it was late enough in the season, and we'd had enough rain, that there weren't a lot of berries left. it took some searching, and patience, to fill our buckets.

and yes, i did fill that bucket. i picked a few & shot the photo so i could stash my camera safely away before my hands got all strawberry-juicy. :)