Happy Chinese New Year to all. Welcome to the year of the Monkey.

I just cut off the stems and squash them some with a potato masher, add the sugar and let them sit at room temp while making the shortcake. Then I split the hot biscuits, butter them, pile berries on the bottom half, put on the top half and repeat. Pour on the cream and serve while still warm. DH wants ice cream on his and I think he's nuts!

No spring color here for another month at least. Unless you go to the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. These pics are from last year. Haven't been there yet this year.

Vermilion Cliffs, a mesmerizing geological formation that spans the border of Arizona and Utah in the United States. The rocks are made up of deposited silt and desert dunes, with intense coloration resulting from red iron oxide and bluish manganese. /// Found on @fromwhereidrone, by @chelseakauai and @travisburkephotography