The Garden State

You know New Jersey is the Garden State, didn't you?  Mary called to see if we wanted to pick blueberries.  It's the beginning of the blueberry season and a number of farms offer you-pick.  Check out Jersey Fresh and figure out where you went.  Mary chose Hillview Farm near Morristown because it's between them and us, and it was fine - good blueberries, corn and pies - although it also had a lot of don't - don't park here, don't picnic, don't look at the chickens.

We picked.  It was a beautiful, hot, clear day.  After working up a sweat we gave the farm store a little business and had a picnic.  We weren't told no picnics until we were just about finished.

The farm is very near the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge so we went to see some wildlife.  Most of it was taking a nap in the heat of the day but we did see frogs, turtles, various birds and dragonflies as we walked the trains and the boardwalk over the swampy bits.