Half of our hoard of berries
Ready to dig in!
Yesterday was my favorite day of the year. Despite the waking up at 5:00 am, despite the constantly biting mosquitos and the jeans and shoes wet through from kneeling in straw, despite it all Strawberry Day is the best day. I love picking the strawberries while the gorgeous morning light shines down on us. I love eating hundreds of the delicious red berries throughout the day. I love having frozen berries year round and homemade jelly for scones. I love the smell of the ripe berries and the fingers stained red with the juice. I love mom's delicious strawberry pie that is easily the best dessert I have ever eaten. I love it all. This year I had my camera in tow and snapped a few photos of this perfect day. We ended the day with around 80 pounds of strawberries, 4 pies, and one extremely happy strawberry girl.
Also, the kindest thing I've ever done is share with you all the recipe for this pie. Go make some for yourself, alright?
Those strawberries look scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I've always thought strawberries ripened in Winter. Strange!
I love the photos, especially the first and last.(:
Beth
ooooh! yummy! I want to go strawberry picking ever so much, but we might be going blueberry picking soon! :)
ReplyDeleteThat pie looks amazing!