Strawberries oh yum and strawberry jam for canning

It's that time of year again, tons of strawberries so we make strawberry jam, I also freeze a bunch of them as well as let the neighbors pick too

 just look at these beauties!

there would have been more, but of course we ate a "few" when we were picking

oh yes, just look at that strawberry jam!! I made little labels for the ones I am giving away as gifts

 oops a bit much flash on that photo

there, that's better, look how pretty with those labels :)

REMIND ME TO GIVE YOU THE RECIPE NEXT TIME

 just look at all those jars of goodness! waiting for them to seal so we can label and put away, and then after a hard day of canning, it's break time, down to the family pond!

 think they are tired of me and the camera yet? just look at them faces LOL

oh well, that is just what I do, love snapping photos HA

so peaceful and pretty, it's an old gravel pit, one acre we love it down here!

Grass is a growin and strawberries are bloomin

Finally, the yard we seeded is growing, I can't wait to mow this beast!

 as much as I want to rake out the straw and start mowing, hubby says no :(

 its coming in FINALLY

 still a mess, but I am patient, well not really, but I sure am trying to be!

 LOVE this time of year, everything is greening up so pretty, things are starting to leaf out and even bloom

Scooter holdin down the fort, she loves layin in this are beside the back driveway and strawberry patch

 I should have had the "Preen" down, you can see I have little weeds trying to take over

 widdle green strawberries, gonna be an awesome year

 so pretty, the promise of something even better

the strawberry patch this year has tripled, we put in 12 plants to start with, the bed is now 5 feet by maybe 30 feet long?