Strawberries on July 4th

How nice it is to pick a few strawberries just off the deck at the back of our house. First I hung up the wash on a July 4th morning that is supposed to get sunny, though it certainly is cloudy now. Then I picked strawberries by the steps to the deck. They are not large and there are not enough to make into jam. But they are sweet and there are enough to put on cereal in the morning. Yum!

Later I'll look farther out in the lawn where some very small wild strawberries are trying to take over. They're so much better than the usual lawn weeds!