I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon so while I was growing up we would pick strawberries, cherries, beans and prunes during the summertime. My Uncle had a strawberry farm and every year we were expected to live with my Aunt and Uncle and eight cousins to work in the strawberry fields. Lots of good memories of hot summer days and yummy fresh strawberry shortcake. There was a big pond that we would swim in almost every day with the biggest tadpoles I have ever seen. It's a wonder we didn't drown because there was never an adult to be seen. One favorite memory is walking barefoot on the road to the fields barefoot and having the soft dirt squish up between my toes.