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Lessons in Berry Picking
Sun Aug 24 2003

We all went over to the college today to hit a proliferate blackberry patch off the parking lot. The boys now know that berry picking DOES NOT constitute going out with an empty container and coming back with three berries.

I will be making a cobbler and a couple pies later today after my study session. I will be escaping the joys of summer loafing to spend a couple hours pounding Trigonometry through my thick skull.

Hubby is going to take the kids swimming while I do math. After that we will scrape through the cupboards to see what we can throw together for dinner. I suspect pasta will be the key ingredient of our dinner. Specifically the tortellini I have in the fridge. Yum!

Hubby has to go to Texas for a couple days this week and will be leaving tomorrow. I don't envy him going to Texas in the middle of August. I'm thinking Alaska sounds better! While I will tolerate the heat if I have to, I by far prefer temperatures between 65F/18C to about 80F/27C. I can handle higher temps if there is either water & shade, or air conditioning nearby!

2 Comments
  • From:
    Froggy (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Aug 25 2003
    The cobbler sounds delicious! The smell of cobbler baking in the oven is very calming and soothing to the senses. I wish we could bottle that smell.

    Sounds like everything is under control at your place. *smile* Isn't that a great feeling?
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Aug 25 2003
    ahh yes, this brings back happy memories of my own blackberry picking with brothers all kitted up to the nines in plastic raincoats and gumboots, gloves etc to keep from getting scratched. this is because our idea of blackberry picking was to go crashing through the rather large bush to get all the succulent ones near the back. i bet that cobbler smells terrific

    sez