As I was driving out to Albion today to do an interview for the paper (Albion, “A Great Place to Live!” Really. The sign said so.), I drove past several “pick your own strawberries” farms. These places also have stands for people too busy to pick their own. Oh my gosh…how could I have forgotten that it’s JUNE, which means time for delicious locally-grown berries? Yum. I bought two quarts and made strawberry shortcake tonight. It was the best. shortcake. ever. 🙂

Also while I was driving, I was looking at all the cute little houses with big front porches, little white gazebos, fences, hanging baskets of flowers, wicker porch furniture…ah…sometimes, as Carolyn Dawn Johnson says, I just wanna live the simple life.

Spend my days in the sweet sunshine
Rock in my swing and watch my garden grow
Know that I’ll always have someone to hold
Oh I wanna live the simple life

And today was a cold, cloudy, gloomy day. Imagine what a day I would have had if the sun had been shining!