We went strawberry eati picking this past Friday at Eco Farm, and the kids had a blast. John and Cindy [about the nicest people you could ever hope to meet] laughed off my insistence that the kids be weighed before and after our time in the fields to pay for our strawberry booty. We will definitely be stopping by their stand at the local farmers’ markets [you can find them at the Carrboro Farmers' Market, the Fearrington Farmers' Market, the Southern Village Farmers' Market, and the Western Wake Farmers' Market.]

It’s time again for the annual Smith Mountain Lake Arts Council photo contest and show! I was beyond flattered that my photo “Fortune Teller” won last year’s People’s Choice Award. Here are this year’s entries [scroll over for titles]: