Showing posts with label Blueberries and cherries on angelfood cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blueberries and cherries on angelfood cake. Show all posts

Monday, July 11, 2011

July Fun - Picking Fruit at Samascotts

{Happy Birthday Dad!}
 Here's the promised pictures of our 4th of July visit to Samascott Farms in Kinderhook, New York. It was my Dad's birthday and we had a blast!
{yum}
We did blueberries first, before the heat of the day set in...

{Evie and Son H, my good pickers}
It was a big field of bushes, but watch out for the groundhog holes!

{sour cherries}
 Next we went into the shade of the cherry trees and threw down a blanket for a picnic lunch.  After sandwiches and tart lemonade we filled our containers with sweet cherries and sour cherries...

{Son H, Rosie and Evie among the branches}
 The sweet cherries had a lot of rot, so you had to climb to find the good ones.

{kids on the car}
 My Dad told how his father used to pull their beat-up cars under the trees when he was a kid to pick the fruit, so my husband backed up the minivan...
{summertime!}
Too much fun! See the dessert we made the next day here.
Do you have  a favorite picking place?

Loretta

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Happy 4th of July! ...and Our Three Winners!

{RED cherries, WHITE cake and BLUEberries on my Mom's wedding dishes!}
Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July Weekend! The Fourth is my father's birthday so he set the agenda - my Mom, Dad, husband and the kids went picking blueberries and sweet and sour cherries at Samascott Orchards in Kinderhook, New York. The highlight was a picnic under the cherry trees.  I'll post some pics, soon!

...and now the three winners of the Wow Bow Acquabol Portable Pet Bowls, invented by my awesome inventor brother-in-law Ryan:


Debra: "Those bowls are so cute and what a great idea, Dylan dog would love to win a bowl! It's starting to get hot for him and some of his watering holes are drying up so Mom now has to carry water for the boy so this would be perfect!"
Jen: "I'm a follower! I would use this for my sweet cats. When we have work done at our house, we keep our cats in our master bedroom. It would be nice to just keep this bowl folded up in the bathroom and pop it out and fill with water when we have to lock the cats up. What a great invention!"
Sherry Hart: "How convenient!!! Well I have 2 old english sheepdogs that I could use it for!!! I take them to the park every day so I could really use it!!"

Congrats to the pets! ( ...and their wonderful owners! All bloggers!)  I've followed Debra's carriage barn renovation at Acquired Objects, Interior Designer Exraordinaire Sherry writes Design Indulgence, and I just found Jen's blog Our Fine House )
Loretta