Picking Blueberries at the Farm

Hey Everyone,
   It's officially blueberry season, have you gone picking yet? My husband, myself, and one of our friends tagged along too, went blueberry picking early in the morning. I always try to go super early, you've got to beat that summer time humidity! The berry bushes were very tall, like a tiny jungle, and we had to sort of adventure our way through the tangle of branches, but it was a lot of fun. I think one of the small perks of picking your own berries, is that if you go to grab one and end up squishing it, you can just eat it; Two for the basket, five for my tummy.
(I didn't bring my nice camera along, I had to use my phone, please excuse the verticle pictures.)

One of the only neat and tidy rows of blueberries

I found a small bird nest in the bushes! So sweet!

Homemade blueberry ice cream

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Strawberry Picking in Surry County

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   This past October was the last time I posted on the blog, during the winter months it's to cold to really do anything lol. I've got a few plans for the summer so there will be more from me soon!
   The first on my list was to go pick strawberries :). I woke up really early and drove out, just by myself, to my favorite farm in Surry County. I ended up picking a gallon basket worth of delicious, red berries! They are so worth it though, better than what the grocery stores have for sure.

Huge Strawberries! This was the average size!

I call this an Octopus Berry 

Hello tiny ladybug 

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Morning at the Pumpkin Patch

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   Hope you all had a fun Halloween and are enjoying the last couple days of Fall. One of my goals last month was to go pick-a-pumpkin at a local farm! So a friend and I drove one early morning out into the country side. Along the way we found more than just pumpkins, by accident we discovered two old cemeteries!
  The pumpkin patch was a lot bigger than I anticipated, they had eleven rows all hosting different pumpkin varieties: Cinderella, Jack-o-Lantern, Tiger Stripe, Moon Pumpkins, Sunshine Pumpkins, Pie Pumpkins, Gourds, Knucklehead, Alladin, Turbin, Flatso, Fairytale, and even Butternut squash. The fields on either side of the patch were growing corn and soybeans.
 

baby pumpkins!

This pumpkin was giant! 

It reads: "Our Darling Albert J. Born-1942 Died-1943 (Blizzard)"

This cemetery was tucked away into the woods, sitting along the country road.

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A Day in Richmond, VA

Hi Everyone!
   My husband and I took a day trip to Richmond, the capital city of Virginia, we only live an hour away but have never been untill just recently. We only stayed around Cary street, which is a very long strip with lots of quirky little shops. On the opposite side of the street is the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which we weren't able to visit, it was closed, but we had a fun time exploring the very artsy fartsy community of Carytown.

There was A LOT of street art

The coolest candy store

I bought a ton of candy

Second floor of the used book store, overlooking Cary street

The cat of the book store sleeping in the window

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