Blueberries!

I got an exciting text from Lianna saying, "Blueberries are ready to pick! You should take S & S!" So Sierra, Savanna, and I took the trip out Sand Road to the U-Pick blueberry farm. The drive itself is worth it - the amazing array of colors of all the wildflowers and trees and crops along the way is stunning! I kept saying to the girls, "Oh my gosh, would you LOOK AT THAT!" They started joining in with it too. "Did you see those purple ones?" I taught them about Queen Anne's Lace and promised to show them the lacy flower up close in my backyard.

The blueberry farm is a favorite place of mine. It used to be the strawberry farm with the goats that would run to the top of their roof to get treats when you dropped a quarter at the bottom. Very entertaining. But now it is blueberries. We strapped the milk jug buckets onto our waist with a belt so we could use two hands to pick. That was important because we found the best bushes on the place and could just pull handfulls off at a time. We felt like we hit the jackpot! The girls were great workers and never complained. Even when we were ready to go and headed back to the farmhouse, they would still stop along the way and say, "Oh here is a perfect blueberry!" and "Oh, I just can't stop picking!" (that last line was one I repeated). We came home and made the best blueberry muffins we have ever made (stressing the word "we").What a lovely day! I am just crazy about Iowa and that I have sweet little nieces who enjoy it with me.

Song of Solomon 2:12 Spring flowers are in blossom all over.
   The whole world's a choir—and singing!