Blog Circle -- Food!

Well, well, well... here I am months later after I thought I was going to pay more attention to my blog. Low and behold, that didn't happen. I have all good intentions and think about my blog often but I just can't seem to to make myself pay attention to it. Facebook seems the more immediate and widespread social media outlet for me, so that is where I've been.

Don't get me wrong, I do love looking through blogs - reading and pouring over photos and such. So when my friend Jennifer asked if I would like to be a part of a blog circle I said "sure!" We are a group of 7 women who are somehow connected either through hometown, photography, college, etc. We will decide on a topic each month and then on a designated date post our thoughts and photos, linking to one another's blog. 

The topic “food” was chosen for June and it all seemed good to me. I love to cook, my daughter loves to cook and bake, we all love to eat… should be easy! As the deadline loomed, though, I started feeling anxious. Thoughts such as “what exactly will I photograph and blog about? Am I just reinventing the wheel – there are thousands of photographers out there who take gorgeous pictures of delicious food and have extremely insightful things to say about it… My poor blog is so neglected to begin with, am I just setting myself up to fail?” Finally, one Sunday in June rolled around and my children and I decided to go strawberry picking… and it hit me… I should photograph and blog about what we do and eat. So in the full sun in an open field at 11am off we went. I decided not to worry too much about it because it is and always has been more about what we’re doing rather than making it look perfect.

So, without further adieu, here is June… food. 

just starting to grow!

teeny berry

My great berry pickers

Only half of the berries we picked -- 11# total!!

Don't love the way I processed the image, but I sure do love the picutre!

What do you do with 11pounds of berries??? You bake! After a few delicious strawberry smoothies (which I did not photograph), we made strawberry rhubarb pie. My daughter did most of the work - we took a few shortcuts and used a pre-made pie crust (albeit, organic) but it was delightful!

 

So... there you have it... my June entry for the new blog circle. I did it! Next time I'll make sure my kids are wearing decent clothes and I pay more attention to the lighting and such. One of my goals with this project is to reconnect with my blog (which will mean a pretty big face lift!)... can I do it???!!!

I'm excited to see what the other gals have done this month. Click here to visit Amy's blog and follow the circle to see them all!

Here it is again... Amy's blog is www.paynduo.blogspot.com

Happy summer, happy photographing, happy blog reading! Cheers!