August 01, 2008

Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles)

It is summertime here finally. Even though it was "technically" summer in June, we actually had snowfall and hail at Midsommar (June 21). It didn't accumulate but just the idea of snow falling in June was enough. We have had a lot of rain this summer as well. Hopefully the rain will make for a good berry and mushroom season. Right now the local growers are selling their strawberries everywhere. Fresh strawberry tårta is a delight. I will be going to a local farm to pick my own soon to freeze them for use later in the year. The small, wild strawberries *smultron* are ripe and our dog Ky enjoys eating them. At first I thought she was sniffing around and eating things *I didn't want to know what* off the ground. But once I got closer to see, I saw she was gently eating wild strawberries off the plants! I have only seen her reject one food. Blueberries. Other that, anything is up for grabs. We have strawberries planted in the yard and I watch that Ky doesn't eat them. The other day I took the dogs out and pointed out some smultron to Ky. She ate them and then jumped into a hallon (raspberry) bush that was above it and started eating them! She even ate a few wild blueberries Lars fed her. So I guess we can now say she does eat anything.

1 comment:

Tove said...

I didn't know that you have your own blog :-). You should publish your cakes here, too :-).