The gift of strawberries

According to several casual conversations, strawberries reached their peak last week.

The wild strawberries spread out over hillsides with their waxy red runners were showing through the groundcover; my small collection of strawberry plants finally developed its red fruits; and at least two local events Saturday featured strawberries — the La Grande Farmers Market Annual Strawberry Shortcake day and a fundraiser in North Powder which sold shortcake too for the community’s library.

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