The Life and Times of a Navy Husband

In keeping with the mandates of the Litchford Year of Bliss (which encompasses Sean’s first year of life, Danielle’s year of educational leave from the Navy, and my year of writing-unfettered-by-a-horrible-desk-job), the Litchfords went strawberry picking yesterday.

The weather forecast threatened storms that never came. It was a beautiful day.

Danielle did most of the picking, because…

I had a passenger. Sean and I managed to pick about a pint of berries ourselves, and Danielle picked the rest of the four quarts we came home with. Today, the mission is to make strawberry preserves.

Postscript: The title of the post is a reference to Coldplay’s newest album Viva la Vida which we are enjoying immensely. While we’ll always have a special place in our hearts for their first album, Parachutes this one is far and away their most ambitious and musically satisfying album to date.