Raspberry Picking

After reading posts from two of my friends about their berry picking adventures (here and here), I decided that we needed to go pick raspberries on Friday. We went to the farm where we picked apples last year. It was a bit windy and overcast, but we had a great time. (The wind was quite helpful in blowing the leaves back so we could see where the most fabulous raspberries were hiding.)

Admit it, you want one. Or you want some of the jam I'm going to make.
Or the homemade ice cream.

G-Man kept wandering away from us as we were picking. He loves to explore.

He usually came back when we called. He also took the opportunity to pick some rocks in the strawberry field.

And we were surprised at what a good little helper he was. Without any direction, he started copying us and picked the ripe raspberries. I thought he was going to destroy the ones that hadn't ripened yet. He did smash a few as he picked them, but they were ripe.

Tougas also has a petting farm with some goats that smell lovely.

There are also some chickens running around. G-Man wasn't sure what to think of the chicken.

The pumpkin harvest has started. Tougas is famous for its pumpkin tree, pictured above.

Our awesome harvest!

P.S. Pumpkins don't grow on trees, silly. But Tougas Farms makes a "pumpkin tree" every year by wiring the pumpkins in one of their trees at the entrance to the pumpkin patch. It's cute.

P.P.S. For photography nerds only - I'm shooting in RAW from now on. Can you see the huge difference in color between the 2nd collage and the 4th collage? Same field, same light. The 2nd collage was shot in RAW and the 4th was in JPEG. I'm fully convinced now. Also, I need to get a backup battery. Mine ran out of juice. Our Sony point and shoot did pretty well in a pinch, but I needed more Photoshop help than with my camera.