Why it rocks to live in the "country"

What did I do this morning?

Picked cherries off the tree in the back yard.


Sure, the birds got the top half of the tree, but I got everything I could reach that hadn't been pecked already. Suhweeeet.

And if you're ever faced with a large quantity of cherries to pit, the best tool is NOT a paper clip. They're too flimsy. Instead, get two smallish binder clips. Make them "bite" each other, by clipping them together (so the silver pieces are on the outsides, and the black bits meet in the middle). Use one of the silver bits to pit your cherries. MUCH easier.

I'll probably pit and freeze these guys, and make some cobbler or something later on.

Whee!