Strawberry Hill

Today's block is called "Strawberry Hill." It took me a while to see the strawberries, but they're there. Four of them; big fat California strawberries, still wearing their leafy crowns. Today breakfast was whole wheat waffles topped with strawberry jam. The waffles were the frozen kind. We've searched several months for a waffle maker in the UK. Like popcorn poppers, ice cream freezers and electric skillets, they don't seem to exist. The jam was homemade though. It was a Christmas gift from a very dear friend who grew the berries last spring in her own backyard. In the middle of the darkest, coldest time of the year, a taste of sunshine. Delicious!