Strawberry Fields Forever

Cam and I headed up to pick some strawberries and spend the afternoon at Hahndorf, SA. It is the German town and there is a small house museum just on the outskirts. The Hans Heysen house museum has a walking trail in the grounds, a studio, garden and the house. The trail had several scenes captured by Heysen in his paintings. This one of a gum really has changed shape since he painted it in the 1950s.

A variety of artists had sculptures around  Heysen's grounds including this iron one of Australia with Tasmania cut into the bottom right. 

The studio itself was purpose built and still contains several unfinished paintings, the last to be undertaken by Heysen when he was in his 80s. All of his paints, oils, easels, canvas, rugs, and even some sketches were still there. The room was very inspirational.

We also went strawberry picking, one of my fav things to do in summer months. Cam was very good at only picking the absolutely best berries. He even managed to sneak a few extra tasty ones while in the fields.

I found this really large one as we were walking out. I thought would be the best backdrop for a photo. Can you imagine trying to have one of those seeds in your mouth? We shared the fruits of our labor with our neighbors when we got home. It was a really fun-filled weekend.

As you can probably see from this last photo, my belly is beginning to peak out of most shirts. All is going well with McGurky. We have about 5 more weeks to go. I have a funny story about how our little person will probably grow up hating peas, but that is much better to hear as a story rather than in this medium.