It's time for our annual strawberry gorging!

It's hard to believe that it's already the middle of strawberry season! My favorite seasonal food, strawberries mark the true beginning of Summer in the Conway household.

If I could only say one thing about strawberries, I'd spread the word about the inherent and complete superiority of picking your own berries. You will never look at the chewy, tasteless offerings available at your local supermarket the same way after collecting a few gallons of your own sweet and juicy fruit. Supermarkets don't seem so super after you do...

This year we added to our fun by hosting my sister and her family. Unfortunately, there were no livestock at the farm, so I think the kids were a little disappointed. It's hard for 8" tall plants to compare with 600 lb. animals. Still, they occasionally got into it and helped out.

In the end, we all had a blast, or at least until the rain started. No bother, we managed to collect our booty and get back home before any serious downpour action. As an added bonus I used the car-ride home to fulfill my obligation as an Uncle to teach Josiah the proper way to eat a pretzel.

Now we're faced with the daunting task of consuming 3 gallons of strawberries, which actually isn't so daunting considering that as of this writing Jenny's out-eating me 6 quarts to one. Stupid me, I actually take time to try and make something with them, while she just eats them whole. I'll never learn.

P.S. - I can't believe that it took me over 100 whole posts to finally be able to work the word "booty" into this blog. Now I can die a happy man...

P.P.S. - I'll be working quite a bit over the next few weeks, so please forgive me if my posts are a little sporadic!