Just the right size for tiny hands…is there anything better than this bowl of juicy sweet cherries?
Well maybe a bowlful by the seaside. Since we are nowhere near rolling waves and grainy sand, we’ll share our summer prizes near our poolside underneath leafy canopies and the song of the flowing water below. Not the kind where you can chase and run through, this one trickles unless a torrential down pour occurs and then heavenly water gushes over the tumbled stones at the bottom of the stream. The last few days the sun quenched its thirst and those stones look like a sculpture with hardly a dribble.
Baby bear can’t get enough of crimson berries so we set our gaze on the smooth stones, breathing deeply the fresh open air to nibble on various berries. There was a time where she didn’t discriminate and she loved even the blackberries and blueberries, but these days it’s just the red ones. Raspberries are carefully placed onto fingertips and eaten one by one, and strawberries are tossed into a bowl whole…no need to slice she gobbles them up before I get a chance.
I thought I try these purple cherries very close in hue to its cerise cousin, especially when touched by rays of sunshine. They were a hit indeed and the task of pitting was mastered by her tiny hands tout de suite.
Can they be eaten any other way than with water nearby?
It’s no wonder these little sweeties are summer treasures, ones to be eaten without garments without a worry or woe of blemishing our summer wears. I make a note to try dying eggs for Easter with smashed cherries. A plunge into water and then out again to feast from our tiny bowl.
Soon enough the last morsel is gobbled up. In between her wide half-moon smile, are specks of crimson and cherry red lips…is there anything sweeter than this smile? It is for now the perfect summer. Perched three fourths of the way up the tree is a woodpecker. The mud is thick and cool to our bare feet as we amble back to get a closer glimpse. It’s always soggy back here, even when the sun soaks up most of the water from the creek below far off rain clouds gather and douse us again. Baby bear repeats her latest tune, “rain, rain go away…” I don’t mind the drops one bit, as long as it doesn’t interfere with my daily swim in this dreamy and wild place I call home.
The late afternoon breeze carries the shouts of children, if I could see them I would invite them up for a cherry or two. Because what good is a tiny bowl if we can’t share it with friends.
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‘Looks like paradise right in your own backyard! My son loves all berries (blackberries a little less 🙂 I always enjoy your photos and writing. Have a great weekend!
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A thousand thanks! It’s always great to hear from you and that you also have a fan for berries. Happy to please you with my posts wish we could still be a little closer to share a tiny bowl.
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Cherries are one of my favorite fruits. They’re so tantalizing, I might even choose them over dark chocolate. Then again, I might have both together. 😊 Gorgeous pics!
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Yes the combination of chocolate and cherries are divine. Cherries also help with jet lag so I make sure to indulge in them when I happen to take a longer flight. Thank you for your sweetest thoughts and hope you get some more juicy cherries (and chocolate) this summer.
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A pool surrounded by trees–I love it! Cute bowl, and, yes, cherries are delish!
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Yes, if the ocean is nowhere in sight then I’ll settle for a forest surrounding a salt water pool. Can’t wait to see what your little ones have to say these last few weeks.
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I’ll trade homes with you–until winter comes. 😉
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I know wouldn’t that be nice…would love to be able to switch life like that to accommodate ourselves with the climate.
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We finally got cherries 🍒 here in Colorado, for a split second and now they are gone. Summer is taking a break here today, its sweater weather, but on those blistering days I wish we had a pool, your oasis looks divine!
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Hurray for your cherry debut Colorado is tough on gardens isn’t it? I’m sure they taste exceptionally delicious after alot of patience. We just came in from our poolside oasis despite the cooler weather for us too.I never want to leave it especially when there are no matches or practices we have to attend.
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A berry, berry summery post!
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Yes, indeed hope to share a bowl of them with you all soon.
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Love your photos… those cherry pictures are amazing! Great place!
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Thank you it’s no Greek Island but we still love it. Wishing you many bowls of cherries to share with family and friends.
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What a wonderful setting for enjoying those delicious cherries! Baby Bear knows a delicacy when she experiences them. And it sounds like she definitely “experienced” the joy in a bowl of beauty! You have a lovely and inviting home and Your photos are just gorgeous, Cristina. I’d love to join you poolside! 🙂
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Aw Debra wish you could join us with your grandchildren, baby girl is really enjoying playing with others. I would enjoy the company too. She does live in the moment and is reteaching me how to experience the simple things.
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what gorgeous photographs! i love the one with the bowl of cherries sitting beside the reflective pool–so awesome!
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Aw sucks thank you for stopping by with your sweet comment. Wishing you some reflective moments with the remaining days of summer.
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