summer's bounty

A few weeks ago I noticed a hint of red in the tangled bushes growing next to our long driveway. Upon closer inspections, I found wild raspberries and tried pick some a couple times a week so that they don't all go to the birds!

Raspberries seem to have gone out of season over the weekend but blackberries are coming out in full force! The ones along our stretch of road are smaller but by our neighbor's house . . . wow, they are huge and juicy, and I admit I may have borrowed a few. I also discovered some patches while out running that seem to be more 'public domain.' Sunday morning I decided Moose and I would go out and pick a blackberry breakfast.

It's like we're prairie people. Picking berries, sheesh. It's kind of a thorny experience and I was immediately attacked by 800 mosquitos.

But then I made these little cobblers . . .

And Matt smothered his in ice cream.
Hardly a nutritious breakfast, but certainly self-sufficient.