Summer Treats

I hate to admit this, but I am so ready for summer to be over.  This summer was brutally hot and I cannot wait for cooler weather to arrive.  I'm also looking forward to the school year ahead for my kids as well as football season, Halloween, Thanksgiving and preparing for Christmas.  Can you tell fall is my favorite season?

Still, there is a lot about summer that I love.  One thing I will particularly miss when the cooler weather arrives is the yummy fresh peaches, strawberries and blueberries I have been savoring. Several weeks ago my friend and I decided to brave the heat with our total of six children and go blueberry & blackberry picking.  The farm didn't open until 10 a.m. and by then it was awfully hot out.  I felt like I needed to take a shower after being out there for about three minutes. The heat was so bad that it had killed all of the blackberries. We still got quite a lot of blueberries, however.

The blueberries were really pretty.  Some of them were not quite ripe and the purple-y blue and deep pink colors were gorgeous together on the bushes. See?

Just a few blackberries left.

 Our berries after I had washed them.

Our berries were very sweet and oh so yummy! Sadly, I only ate a few of them before I ruined the remainder in a batch of muffins that were not good. Pretty disappointing.

I guess there's always next year.