Today is my first official day of summer break and I meant to get around early enough to pick berries but it didn't happen. That's one of the nice things about where I live, I am surrounded by valley farmers so we have an abundance of peaches, nectarines, nuts, grapes, and strawberries all about...but the berries I want to pick grow wild out in the country. I've been wanting to make some jams and things and now that I have all this free time, it sounds like a good idea. My last berry-picking experience resulted in Kristin and I bringing home a stray cat and her three abandoned babies we discovered beneath the bush we were picking. That turned out to be an excellent opportunity for a life lesson in "doing the right thing" but I don't necessarily want to have such a discovery this time so I plan to be a bit more selective in my berry bush location, wish me luck! And if you just so happen to have an amazing recipe for berry cobbler...send it my way!
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Good afternoon Joni and I hope you have a lovely time picking fruit! How lucky to live in such abundance :)
Totally unrelated here, but I thought of you this morning in a strange way...I was cleaning out the microwave from the mess my son had made and thought: Joni probably taught her kids to keep their microve clean when they are on their own. So did you? LOL
I love wild berries! I'll send you my quick fix cobbler mixings as soon as I get caught up a bit here.
Just watch out for those onery snakes hidding in the weeds!
Great picture! Enjoy your break!!hughugs
berris...mmmmmm, where are these beauty's at? when I see fruit like this they remind me of a circle of family and friend's, close nit.
I so love you.
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Nettie
i would love to be on that berry picking trip!!! how wonderful to have that much available in the surrounding area....sounds so yummy......and fun!
hoping you have a "berry pickin good time!"
hugs,
kimberly
It is so great that you are surrounded with the farmers selling such wonderful produce! I love that.
I want to go blackberry picking really bad. That is one of the last things John and I did together before his accident.
We had such a good time..
Sending you love, Nita
I love your photos of the berries. It makes me feel like a walk in the country. It seems we're all talking about cats! Enjoy your berry picking!
THe picture of the blackberries is beautiful. You take such good pictures!
They blackberries grow wild here In Oregon too. I have them all around our property and yes they have just started popping out. I would love your blackberry cobbler receipe please!
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the compliment on my art work. I have had so much inspiration fronm so many artists here in blogland and to hear you say I am an inspiration to you is just wonderful because you have been an inspiration to me for a long long time.
God Bless You
If you find kittens this year I know you will do the right thing. They are so adorable how could anyone not?
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Patti
I hope you had fun picking berries. It has been a couple of years since we have done that. The blackberries around here will be ready soon...I should put that on our summer adventure list. Thank you for the idea.
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