This morning I took the children to pick raspberries at a local fruit farm. They had such fun! We picked loads of berries and have plans to make a raspberry pie and several jars of freezer jam. The woman who owned the farm told me that raspberry season lasted until the first hard frost, usually early November. I think we will return again in a couple of weeks as we had such a nice time together.
Christopher sitting on the "Raspberry Throne".
A funny note about Christopher's time at the farm...
There was a older gentleman picking berries nearby who overheard Christopher and I talking about the large number of bumblebees that were sitting on the berry bushes. They did not seem active but just sitting on the leaves as though they were asleep. The man mentioned that the bees were so full that they could not fly until they sat for a while. He told Christopher that they were so docile, you could pet them. Chris spent much of the picking time petting the fuzzy bumblebees' backs. :)
