#1: Backyard strawberries.

There is something intensely satisfying about growing your own food. I love how they all seem to ripen at the same time, immersing you in a wave of delicious strawberries, too many to keep up with, forcing you to think about putting some away, knowing they won’t last forever.

That first one is so precious. We share it out in equal bites, not having tasted any all autumn, winter, early spring. Then summer comes and they are so abundant. We revel in them, have them at every meal.

Little toddler arms are the best for strawberry picking, so I’ve found. Raised beds make them perfect for little hands to pick, easy for little eyes to spy.

Local, seasonal, organic food at its best.

(I’m participating with Molly in her documentation project inspired by the flickr group 100 reasons to love summer- are you?)