Cherries!

We came home from our Oregon trip to find that our cherry tree was ripe and ready to be picked.  Maylee did a great job helping me pick them.  She pulled off cherries that she could reach and then when I had to get the ladder out, she would pick up the ones that I dropped and put them in the bowl.  Next, she helped me wash them.  Then, I put her down for a nap while I pitted them.  I know that she would want to help with that job too but I foresaw stains on her clothes.  When she went to bed, I stayed up to make cherry jam.  My favorite is the low sugar pectin kind, even though it calls for more berries.  I made more than 20 pints and froze four quarts of pitted cherries to use for baking later.