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Monday, August 04, 2008

Brrrrrueberries

Guys, so i had my first experience of fruit picking this weekend. We chose blueberries because apparently raspberries have thorns so no thank you. I didnt' quite know what to expect. I assumed there would be gigantic rows of blueberry bushes as far as the eyes can see, like when you are driving up the 5 from LA to SF. And i imagined LOTS of people in overalls with head scarves and buckets picking away. Well the truth is we drove for about 30 minutes on some back roads, turned into someone's private farm land, and there we were. There were about 6 rows of blueberry bushes that extended the distance of like 2 blocks each, and a young girl working in a garage weighing berries. So you get these red buckets and you just pick and eat as you pick, and whatever you get is $1.59 per lb. amazing really. About 30 minutes into the endeavor we were hot and sweaty and our buckets were amazingly empty and we realized that this is why they charge so much for foraged goods. This shit took forever! and in the end i had 2.14 lbs of berries for an hours worth of work. obviously this was cheaper than buying from the store and also made for a good theme outfit opportunity and obviously memories and stuff.

what blueberry bushes look like
the premier of my linen orange overall purchased for $5 at the salvation army!! they are so comfortable and i believe they shall now replace my mexican dress as my house clothes. Look and pose inspired by Meryl Streep in "mamma mia" and her blue linen overalls.
Jen and Wendy are very excited
and we picked!
i eat straight from the bush and it was delicious
macro shot of some type of bug that could easily be mistaken for a blueberry
brrrrueberries
as you can imagine, i won the blueberry picking competition. my 2lbs blew away both of their 1 lb buckets
wendy lost among the brrrrueberries
jen, eating straight off the trees....mmmmm pesticides
our loot

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