{"id":3309,"date":"2012-06-25T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2012-06-25T13:04:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T17:04:56","slug":"strawberry-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/strawberry-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my sisters lives on an organic farm<\/a> in Vermont. Every year, they put on two harvest festivals – Strawberry Fest in June and Pumpkin Fest in October. It’s been way too effing hot this past week, and I have a giant hot water bottle strapped to my front these days. So this was a great weekend to get out of the city and enjoy some strawberries.<\/p>\n

Pick-your-own-strawberries is a popular attraction, but I’m not big on bending over right now and Kristian refuses to play to stereotype. So we mostly just watched other<\/em> people pick strawberries and then Kristian bought us some strawberry shortcake and strawberry lemonade.<\/p>\n

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Strawberry fields, not quite forever.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The best part about Strawberry Fest? Hanging out with my family.<\/p>\n

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Sisters in the front, husbands in the back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sasquatch, aka my Dad with his roommate, Nick, and girlfriend, Pam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My brother-in-law is the farm manager, so he doesn’t get to enjoy strawberry shortcake or hanging out on the lawn with family. Although, knowing him, I think that he enjoys hanging out in the sun all day.<\/p>\n

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My BIL, rocking it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also took a little trip across the river to purchase some farm-raised meat. From a chest freezer in a barn. It might sound sketchy, and maybe it is a little sketchy, but I know from experience that it’s also quite tasty. And far more ethically raised than anything that you might get at a grocery store. Also, did I mention tasty?<\/p>\n

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So many animals, so little time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was, indeed, nice to get out of the city, enjoy the fresh air, and dip my swollen feet in the river. Unfortunately, I have now reached the “OMG, I had no idea I could be this uncomfortable” part of my pregnancy. Wandering<\/del> Waddling around the farm was not as easy as it usually is. Luckily, my sister has a really powerful air conditioner. And my brother-in-law has a lazy boy. It turns out, the best way to spend a lazy Sunday is with your family, and it doesn’t really matter where that is.<\/p>\n

Flickr set here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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