Strawberry Fields Forever?

This June we decided to take the long-cut and pick-our-own Strawberries...
and braved the hot sun, admired the apple orchards {and looked forward to returning in the fall}, picked berries from an endless field, marveled at the taste, texture and juiciness of the fresh fruit, made new friends, learned about our new favorite local farm and returned home thirsty, but with full bellies.
The following day we filled our cellar shelves with jam and had enough fruit left over to make Mr. Smith a somewhat runny, but still pretty darn good, strawberry-rhubarb pie {note to self: next time account for the extra-juicy fruit}.