Today we are celebrating our 14th anniversary with a quiet day in Berrien Springs. While we were eating breakfast we spotted this little bird, a Cedar Waxwing, outside our window.
We decided to go to Stovers U-Pick Farm to pick some Michigan strawberries. First we stopped at the Big Red Barn, which turned out to be a historical building, built in 1865, and filled with an interesting mix of farm antiques, bric a brack, jams and jellies, and fresh fruits and veggies.
We picked five pounds of strawberries in no time at all, and we'd have picked more if we had any place to keep them. We also bought some fresh asparagus for dinner.
Next we drove to Andrews University, "the flagship educational institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church." Since it's summer, we didn't see many people on the campus, which is built on a bluff overlooking the St. Joseph River. This university and the resulting population of Seventh Day Adventists explains the abundant organic and natural foods we found at the market yesterday.
We stopped to visit the 1839 Courthouse Square, with its museum and jail and restored log home. Ken's attention was drawn to this carving of the Great Seal of Michigan.
We watched a repeat of a Poirot mystery. We remembered some of the details--but not whodunit, so we enjoyed it again. I really love David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. Tonight we watched Steve Carell in the 40 Year Old Virgin. It had its funny and tender moments and some wacko humor, but the joke really went on for too long and was generally too crude to be our favorite.
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