I have frozen strawberries but no fresh yet. The frozen came from my new temp job. The guy I'm working for had to go get a signature from someone and came back with 3 quart bags of frozen berries. Life in the small town.

We had California strawberries available all winter, although at high prices. I never figured out where they were from, but I'm guessing from greenhouses in Watsonville.

The downside of that, of course, is that it makes the arrival of the legit strawberries rather less exciting.

That said, I'm still buying lots of strawberries. AND the cherries have started to come in! Yay cherries!

ION, I am sick. Bah. I hate my sinuses.

I have also marketed. Obtained: strawberries, peaches, blueberries, tomatoes, micro greens, cucumbers, pattypan squash, bell peppers, garlic, fairy tale eggplant, and red potatoes. All that for $25. I also got milk, eggs, and mint (going to try and sprout my own, I need mint for my sweet tea).

This past year there's "local" greenhouse tomatoes available from a greenhouse operation in Maine. I'm not a raw-tomato eater, but my friends who are had nice things to say about them.

smonster, too bad you can't come harvest the mint from my garden. It's running wild. I hate it and it can't be killed.

Wonder if I listed it on Craigslist someone would come and dig it all up and take it away?

Wow. You guys talked a lot while I was gone.

Guess what?

I came home from work, fed by furry dictator and feel asleep. And slept 'til it was the wee hours and I just went back to sleep. In other words: I missed Friday night. Slept 12 hours.

Kat - I hope that the world starts laying off you and your's sooner rather than later.

Uplifting dog story: this stray dog completed a 1700KM race across China AND he's adorable.

I went to TJs and the farmer's market, and made it out of both without spedning too much money, but then I stopped at OSH and sent a wad on plants.

Which now I need to go plant before it starts raining. (Unlike Baltimore, it is unseasonably cold and cloudy here.)

eta: but now Bubba has decided it's sit on the human time. Oops

If the writer of that article is somewhere that he's hearing lots of people say "fanny," he may be mistaken about which country he's visiting. I've only heard the word used in actual conversation by Southern grandmotherly types, and not often then.

Also, people from a country where tripe is served to human beings have no business complaining about the food choices made in other countries.

Tripe is an essential ingredient in menudo! Which is delicious!

Supposedly it is 84 in my zip. But the weather station in Charles Village is at 94 and Parkville is at 89 and I'm between them both geographically and woods/concrete ration, so. And the humidity is well over 60%, depending on who you ask. UHG.

I've only heard the word used in actual conversation by Southern grandmotherly types, and not often then.

My northern grandmother still says it plenty.

I went to Marshall's, iParty for returns, DSW, supermarket. Now I'm wondering if I should hop back in the shower briefly before my massage. I mean, I'm sure she's seen worse, but still.

I am reminded of how annoying it is that I can't get the screens down in two of my three windows. One is down most of the way, but bugs.