The air temperatures are creeping upwards and nearly reaching 100 degrees here in the Rogue Valley. Never fear, we have the perfect cure for that! Wave therapy on the Rogue River! The water is still at a spring time swell and that makes for fun, fast waves. 
We are strawberry jammin at O'Brien Headquarters. The first crop of berries is being harvested and what doesn't land in the mouth, or in tarts, or dipped in chocolate, or transformed into pie or shortcake, will end up preserved in the jam.
What a beautiful day here in the Rogue Valley. Mother Nature is dressed up to help celebrate all the moms, grandmas, and even mothers-to-be! The dogwood trees are in full lacy-white bloom throughout the river canyon, the river willow is in its Sunday blue-silver-gray best, and the river is flowing in brilliant contrast to all of the blossoms along the banks of the Rogue River. 
