Raspberry's and I have very fond memories together.... As a young child, my summers were spent in Othello Washington with my Grandma and Grandpa Smith. This magical place was Paradise for a kid. They had huge towering cherry trees, a large beautiful garden with all kinds of tasty veggies and their own orchard of trees including a walnut tree and some apple trees! I also enjoyed nibbling at the gooseberry bushes from time to time. Amidst all this smorgasbord of deliciousness, my favorites were the raspberry bushes! They had rows upon rows of neatly pruned raspberry bushes. Grandma would send us out with buckets to collect endless amounts of raspberry's. . We would come home, stomachs and buckets full. She would make the most delicious raspberry freezer jam with her fresh raspberry's! I tell Joe often that if we are ever fortunate enough to have a home with a large back yard, I would definitely have some raspberry bushes! The more the better!
I am so thankful that Joes folks have a few raspberry bushes in thier back yard. I can relive my happy Othello days! Nolan, Shyloh and I have had a lot of fun picking and eating raspberry's during our play dates! Shyloh loves toddling up and pulling on anything that resembles a raspberry. I am still teaching her to eat the red ones not the green ones.
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