June CupboardScape

 It's Strawberry month...

well for a few days anyway.

For my June CupboardScape,

I grabbed some strawberry items to display.

Most I made myself.

Others are antique or vintage items.

 

I recently made a strawberry rhubarb pie.

My favorite Spring pie.

Also made a romaine salad with

grilled chicken, cucumbers, fresh strawberries

with strawberry vinaigrette dressing.

Do you like strawberries?

If so, what is your go to recipe to make with

this delish Spring/ Early Summer fruit. 

In other news,

I am enjoying seeing the fireflies

twinkle now at night in the trees behind

our house.

Folklore has it they come out 

when the wild strawberries start ripening.

Coincidence or truth? 

To answer Carol's comment,

the freighters sail all 5 Great Lakes.

However only the ones under 1000 feet can go

through the Welland Canal, so the larger

ones cannot sail into Lake Ontario.

Living here by the river for 24 years now,

I have seen every freighter except for one.

The Stewart J Cort only sails from

Duluth to various ports along 

Indiana and Illinois...back to Duluth

all season long.

One day I will make a trip to see it somewhere.

I have kept a yearly log of freighters I have

 seen since I moved here. 

Currently 200 different ones have

passed our house this season.

For those interested in seeing where

all the freighters are currently in the lakes,

click below.

ais.boatnerd.com

You can see them all here.  

Strawberry Festival Blessings To All!

Janice