Sunday 22 June 2014

Strawberry Fields



Another weekend has come and gone. I'm sure they get faster as I get older. This one has been full of fun as usual, lots of little bits and bobs combined to make a lovely weekend.

Yesterday Little Man was computering as normal, and Little Miss was at a Big Brownie Birthday Bash (or something) all day, an event celebrating the 100 years of the Brownies.


Little Tomboy and I decided to have an afternoon together, just the two of us, something that rarely happens. She was more or less in charge of the afternoon, and the first thing she asked to do was for us to go on a wander with my new camera so she could learn how to use it. I must say, I am really really impressed with the photos she took. She's only 6, and although there were a few problems with her use of the focusing button, she took some really great pictures. We went around the field and the wildflower area for a bit, and she took all of these brilliant photos all by herself ....
When we got home she wandered round the house taking random pictures .....
Aren't they great ? Considering she can hardly hold the camera, despite it being small for an SLR it's pretty heavy - at least for a 6 year old. And I really think she has framed them all quite well (in my totally novice opinion).

But my favourite one that she took is this one .....


.... isn't it a great snapshot of day to day life ... can you see the Jif and the sun-screen and the lunchboxes ?

Next thing to do on our day was go to the cafe for juice and cake ....


And then we somehow ended up in a wool shop !?! How surprising !! I was requested to buy this monstrosity to make into gloves for her ....


If you're thinking "oh that doesn't look that bad", well trust me, it is. The picture does not nearly reflect the garish neon glow-in-the-dark orangeyness properly. But I suppose at the end of the day its still wool, right ?? I did buy some other wool that actually is Nice, but more about that another time.

Just over the road from the cafe and woolshop is a really rather fabulous Pick-Your-Own place called Gray's Farm. They have acres and acres and acres of all sorts of fruit and veg - broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, spinach, sweetcorn, raspberries, redcurrants .... the list goes on and on ...


... and yet more wildflowers (yes, I am totally addicted to photos of wildflowers) ...




And of course they grow strawberries. Flipping billions of them it seems. Strawberry picking is practically mandatory when you are there already and its a hot sunny day, don't you think ? We picked up a punnet ....


... looked for the strawberry patch (that makes it sound small, it's huuuuuuuuuge) ...


.... oooooo look! Can you see them! I can see them! .....



"Can I eat one Mummy ?" ....


Of course you can Little Tomboy! We did sample a few - just to make sure they tasted ok you see...


We got a great haul to take home for tea.... and don't forget the cream .....


Strawberry picking was something I always wanted to do when I was little, it seemed like something the Famous Five or the Secret Seven would do, and I was Desperate to be just like them. I soooooo love it that I can finally get to do it, and give my children (hopefully) happy memories of strawberry-picking in the sun :)

14 comments:

  1. I used to love strawberry picking when I was a child. Sadly my son "doesn't do fruit" so it's not been part of his childhood. :(

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    1. We should just go together, no children required lol

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  2. Most impressed by your daughter's photography skills! Fantastic photo's!

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    1. Thanks! And I know! I showed her how to hold it and press the button and that was it. No other help. She loved it :)

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  3. How nice. She's a very good photographer for six!

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    1. She has a birthday coming up, maybe we should get her a camera. It's either that or a skateboard (groaning in despair at the tomboyness)

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  4. What a great weekend!! Your daughters photos are lovely, and the strawberries look fantastic too! xx

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    1. The strawberries were soooo gorgeous. And we have some left for pudding tonight yippee :)

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  5. It is Great to see by pictures what is in your Daughter's eyes.
    You can see what she is sensitive to.
    Beautiful pics.
    Miss, xx

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    1. Yes, I was quite surprised that it wasn't just pictures of the Xbox and the iPad lol

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  6. What a great time, we grow a few strawberries, but, despite the wire covering a naughty little squirrel has snuck in and eaten all of them :( our house backs onto a corpse, pretty birds but lots of horrid grey squirrels and urban foxes!! I think your little one is a budding photographer xx

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  7. Loads of urban foxes here too, they are so brazen, raiding the bins while you watch! Beautiful though

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  8. Your daughter has a talent for photography :-) What a lovely time you both had together.
    Tracey xxx

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