Eckert's Farm is over across the river from St. Louis, in Belleville, Illinois. Our family loves to visit, because it has a little of everything, and there's always something new growing, or an event happening. Our first visit was to one of their summer concerts last year, which included dinner at their restaurant. Since then we've picked apples, strawberries, blackberries, and today I...
Blackberry picking is not easy work. For starters, blackberries grow and ripen in the heat of summer, which means you have to go outside in the heat. It takes time. Time and care to pick the blackest, and sweetest of the blackberries. It's worth the hard work and the berries seem to taste better when you've picked them yourself. It was over 100...
In the midst of a tough week of Jordan working nights we made it out for a fun family day at Eckert's Farm. I'm so thankful for a husband that values fun & adventure. We could have easily stayed home, it surely would have been the sensible thing to do, I mean, just look at our tired eyes. Instead, we got dressed, covered ourselves...
I'm Katelyn, a creative who finds beauty in the little things. I like the windows open and vases filled with flowers. I photograph and write about the mostly small but sometimes big adventures we find in our daily lives.
