The art of 'the crouch'

Probably the most famous 'crouch' is Michelangelo's  'Crouching Boy'. . . and then the next famous crouch is the one my man does when berry picking.

On any given day--and at any given time he will gladly give you a demo of his much perfected crouching technique:

And he was able to use it quite a bit this spring and summer as we did our share of berry picking with various members of the family. . . 

each had their own unique style:

OK--admittedly--my daughter is only crouching to take photos--but rest assured she did her own share of crouching--even if it was to keep this guy from devouring everything in sight:

My job, of course was to make sure 'the crouchers' were doing their job:

 

And to pick the most absolute PERFECT berries when they could be found::

So we could end up with something like this:

Thanks to my man for taking me wild blackberry picking, blueberry picking, huckleberry picking, strawberry picking, and to my awesome daughter and her family for allowing us to tag along on their various berry picking quests (and for taking such amazing photos)

Hope your summer was as full of berry goodness as ours was and by all means, work on your crouch.  You'll never know when it may come in handy. . . .