strawberry picking with the cousins...

today we spent a glorious spring morning at a local strawberry patch with my sisters and all the kids...it was such fun to watch the kids and their excitement and determination to get LOTS of berries...

as we drove home, i pulled over to capture these next few shots.   this is home...the pastures, the cows, the oaks. it's everything i  see and relate with HOME.  it's all the things i missed so much before moving back.

and once we got home the girls counted and cleaned their berries.

we can't wait to go pick blueberries and peaches later this spring...

project 52 l week 5 l food

 Welcome back to another week of Project 52 with the Bloom Forum.  You can read more about this fun project here.  This is week 5 and the theme of the week is :   Food--show us what you like to eat. This was a hard week for me.   I am not someone who has a lot of experience taking pictures of food. I do love to cook and I love to bake, but I can't say my final projects are always photo worthy.  Then there was the decision of what food to pick?   I love so many things....ice cream, cakes, cookies, most anything on the grill ???  But I finally came to my decision.  I picked chips and salsa!   This is a staple in our house most every week.   I love making fresh salsa and the whole family loves to eat it, so I thought it would be a perfect food to pick.

 And my favorite little guy got to help with the preparations...

Now head on over to Michelle's page and see what she has cooking!  

( warning: I do most of this to taste, so these are merely approximations)

1-2 cans of diced tomatoes (depending on how spicy you like it--you can get Rotel, garlic and onion, zesty mild green chilies...just to name a few of the different variations in canned tomatoes)

a small handfull of cilantro

a squeeze of a lime

minced garlic (to taste)

Adobo (to taste)

oregano  (to taste)

pinch of crushed red pepper

Blend it all in the food processor. 

Taste it and add more of anything needed.