June 21, 2009

Strawberry Season

Yummmmmy Strawberries!! The fruit of early summertime, so deliciously sweet, picked straight off the bush, still warm from the sunshine.It's hard to believe that two whole years have gone by since Jemma and Amber found this vintage sign for their Daddy on Father's day 2007.Craig had just planted his first crop of strawberries in the garden. The arrow points to 'the spot' It was a lucky find at a yard sale and one of those inexpensive but 'perfect' gifts that you occasionally stumble upon which gives you the warm fuzzies, knowing the recipient is going to like it!
On the same theme, this is the recipe book that where I keep a tried and tested recipe for some shortbread that goes well with the strawberries, served with a little cream. It really didn't matter that the rain was pouring as we ate them this afternoon. The garden was in need of a good soaking after a bit of a dry spell. Last but by no means least, our tiny birds get another mention, well they are only here for a few weeks. Hungrily drinking from the strawberry nectar feeders.They are currently flitting between the feeders and the Pink Weigela outside the dining room, which have just come into bloom and obviously taste delicious to hummingbirds :)
Hazel x


Sorry I don't know what happened to all the photos I posted on here :(

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 22, 2009

    Hi,
    Nice to meet you, I found you by clicking on "Etsy" as common interest.

    I would love it if you would come by my blog and "dish" as to which etsy-seller's stuff is heart-at-first-sight for you here:

    http://dish-dish-dish.blogspot.com/2009/06/gimme-5-which-one-is-heart-at-first.html



    Have a lovely week,
    Kara

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  2. A couple of weeks back we filled the old vegie patch with strawberry plants. Now looking forward to summer and strawberry heaven.

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  3. Yummy strawbs indeedy! I can imagine they brought a lot sunshine on a rainy day, especially with shortcake and cream! You have to stop writing delicious posts like this Hazel... Gill's hankering after some strawberries now and our season's finished. She did make me some yummy strawberry jam though! :o)
    Love that vintage sign, just perfect, as you say!

    xxxx

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