Though it is not officially Fall yet, September is the month that starts to say Fall to me. School is back in full swing, the days are getting shorter(bad for taking photos though) and the produce that I like is starting to show up at the market. Now I don’t know where you live but here in Washington state early September brings the best strawberries. Until I moved here I had no idea how wonderful strawberries could be. All that was ever really offered in Phoenix were the giant strawberries that when you bit into them they were a little red and a whole lot of white…but with enough sugar sprinkled on them they were good.
So imagine my surprise when we moved up here and I discovered that strawberries could be red all the way through! They could be sweet enough not to need sugar. And so with that I have become a strawberry purist. Oh I still like them in strawberry shortcakes but tonight I will simply have them cut up with a little bit of cream poured over the top.
I think sometimes, especially me, I feel the pressure to always be “making” something with the food I buy. I need to remember that much of what is out there doesn’t need to be made into anything more than what it already is.
Ivonne says
Ah … the beautiful strawberry!
Happy September, Peabody!
Jeff says
Overcast days are actually not so bad to take pictures, especially portraits 🙂
jasmine says
What glorious berries!
Good for you for printing off the Traveller’s Lunchbox list. I just posted my contributions. Hopefully you’ll be able to find some of them 🙂
Thanks for visiting me and my bit of e-space.
j
Anna Maria says
I’ve always thought strawberries were beautiful, but you have just proved it beyond a doubt!
Alison says
They are so beautiful, great photography. You’re making me hungry for strawberry pie.
Christine says
Stunning photos! What camera do you use?
Bron says
I agree, strawberries should always be served very simply, they’re perfect just as is with very little fuss! Yum!
Lisa says
Happy September! I think of Fall in September too.. which makes me very happy =)
Nazca says
Very Wimbledon 🙂
Tanna says
Red all the way side to side, top to bottom – they really do taste better don’t they. For a number of years every summer near our cabin in the Michigan woods a farmer would meet me along the road after my runs and tell me “I just picked strawberries (or blueberries or raspberries) but I think if you look you’ll find enough for you and the folks at home.” I know what heaven tastes like!