Summer Yum

On Friday I picked two and a half pounds of blueberries in the back yard! It took more than an hour. If you've ever wondered why blueberries are so pricey, I can tell you. You have to pick them one by one by hand. They grow in clumps but only one or two ripen at a time so, unless you want to lose half your harvest, you have to be very careful when picking them.
I think the cold winter agreed with the blueberry bushes. I've never seen this many berries.


My favorite summer salsa. The simplest thing on earth to make.

Corn&Bean Salsa
1 can sweet corn kernels, drained and rinsed
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
5 or 6 ripe tomatoes, diced
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
juice of one lime
salt and pepper

Mix together and enjoy. This goes especially well with Tostito's Hint of Lime tortilla chips.

100!

Wow, 100 posts! I must be quite in love with blogging, seeing that I average about 25 posts a month. I love being part of this wonderful community. Not only do I make wonderful new friends every day, I am so inspired by all the creativity out there that my brain is constantly in overdrive. It is such a load of fun!

In true craft blog tradition, I will have a little giveaway to celebrate my century of posts.

After much thought and indecision, I have decided to part with one of my orange pincushions (blogged about here, here, and here).

Please leave a comment on this post between now and Wednesday, and I will do a random drawing and announce a winner by Friday.

In other news, the blueberry bounty from the backyard resulted in these on Saturday. So yummy!

I picked about two cups of berries again this morning and will probably have to start freezing some soon.

It's beginning to look a lot like Summer...

One of my favorite things about our garden is that it came with eight wonderful blueberry bushes. Every summer we have a bounty of sweet, tasty, totally organic blueberries. This year they kind of snuck up on me...

April 7th:


May 31st:


This morning:


Yum!