Summer fruit!

My official beginning of summer always is when we pick strawberries.  Yum!

Brian was very interested in the strawberries, but didn't try them.  When I offered some to him, he moved his head away so I couldn't miss the fact that he wasn't interested!  (His tumor is quite pronounced in this photo):

If you've read any Brian blog entries, you probably know what is coming next.  I can usually only get one action shot of Brian before he has to run over and then it's just close-ups:

We are going to be eating a lot of fruit in the upcoming weeks, as it is also peach season:

The peaches are ripening on our kitchen counter.  We're hoping, with vigilance, to keep them free from beak marks, but we suspect there will be a few casualties.  Stella is our main suspect, though I guess I should wait for something to happen before making such statements.  We do not prosecute thought-crime!

Speaking of Stella, she is loving the strawberries, but as she is quite dainty, does not want to get her feet dirty.  If she can't find a human willing to hold the berry for her, she has to make do, either by just working the part she has in her beak:

Or by using an available flat surface:

There were some strawberry casualties this morning.  I had cut up a container of strawberries for me to bring to work as an afternoon snack.  I set the container by the back door so I would remember to take them with me.  A few minutes later, Stella had opened the container and had taken bites out of at least 7 berries!  I put the container out of her reach (in the fridge) and then forgot to take them to work!

My afternoon snack will be later than planned.