w is for while they're in season.
something we look forward to all winter long is here... the middle of june when all the little berries out in the local strawberry fields are ripening and at their sweet peak. lately i've been very inspired by many articles, books and websites talking up the virtues of eating local fruits and vegetables that are in season - how it was generations ago. i can totally get down with that this strawberry season. i'm ready to embrace the fresh ruby gems in all their glorious abundance until our pallettes have savoured enough until next year. we already received a container of these edible red treasures from our csa, which we devoured in about a day. today we were ready to head out and pick some more for ourselves. so margaret, nonni and i piled into the prius and took a ride, through some rain showers, to an organic u-pick strawberry field, where there was blue sky and not a drop of mud in sight. i think they must have been expecting us. we spent a bit of time out in the field, looking down, getting lost in our own search - but sticking together. i think the highlight for me was hearing something, a noise, and looking up to realize it was nonni singing a song as she was reaching down to pick another strawberry for herself. i was just really appreciating this time together.
w is for wandering.
getting to the strawberry field was a pretty direct route, with one destination in mind. returning home was a bit different. my grandmother is one for scenic routes and stopping for things along the way. driving home we meandered, wandered and stopped to smell the roses (as well as the sunflowers, cosmos and a few fresh baked pies) and eventually found ourselves back home.
w is for waking up.
on the ride home, margaret surprised me by falling asleep. this is something that hasn't happened in quite some time. and since i usually don't get to carry her sleepy-self in from the car that often, i decided to keep on holding her in the house for a bit longer until she woke up and realized we were back home.
