Do you ever feel as though the second you vow to remain present, focus on the positive, and be more light hearted; the universe says, "Oh yeah?" I have decided to see that sarcastic reply as a challenge, one I intend to rise to (with the monumental help of my parents and a few solid venting sessions with my best friend).
With that in mind, I will not use this post to fill you all in on my personal struggles, but instead share a particularly bright moment, the kind I plan to savor come hell or high water.
For me that bright spot was thirty minutes spent alone, on the side of a quite road, picking the ripest, most delicious blackberries (the first of the season). I love foraging. Who doesn't love free, delicious, healthy food? And every time I needed to rest my arms, and lick the sweet juice from my fingers, I could simply turn and gaze at this view ...
I live in a remarkably beautiful place, that is if rolling hills of farmland and vineyards and oak trees are your kind of thing. They certainly are mine. I have had the luck and pleasure to live in many beautiful places (Santa Barbara, Siena, Seattle) but Sonoma County will always be home. And those vistas will never get old.
I came home with just enough berries to make a large and delicious crisp. My crisp topping comes from this book
Here's hoping August is as sweet those berries. Or at least a little easier than July.
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P.S. - The photos above were taken on instagram, if you'd like to follow my attempts at iphoneography I'm @smallfriendly. I'm on pinterest and facebook too, if you're in a following kind of mood.
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