Location: Uncle Bug's House, Nine Mile Falls.
I woke up first thing this morning and couldn't wait to pick those luscious sweet cherries. Before you know it, Uncle Bug and Ned were picking along too.
Bud's strategy...pick one, eat one.
We ended up with about 7 lbs. of cherries.
What's a girl to do?
Put my cousin Cary to work pitting them, that's what!
Before you know it, we were all pitting cherries. Nope, we didn't have a cherry pitter, but Ned and Uncle Bud poked around the garage and came up with a set of allen wrenches. Worked like a charm. Cary perfected the technique. Poke the Allen wrench in the pointy side and the pit squirts out on the stem side.
Lisa and I made them into cherry pies. (And there were still lots of fresh cherries left over for our ride home tomorrow).
The hardest part was keeping Uncle Bud out of the pies as they cooled.
Such a fun day just hanging with my cousins on the back porch enjoying the warm breeze, talking the day away.
Cary and I were going to do some wheelchair races, but he called the electric chair and was going to stick me with the manual one. So, not fair cuz!
In the afternoon, Lisa and I picked a couple more bowls of cherries. Didn't even make a dent in the trees.
Tonight the big activity was getting a lesson on "Airdrop". Afterwards, a flurry of photos flew between iPads. Yes, we are an Apple Family. Good times.
p.s. Cary is sneaking in a game of wordswithfriends. I see you Cary.
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