Everyone in the house besides Elizabeth and I was "otherwise engaged" this morning, so she and I hit a few of the nearby blackberry bushes to take advantage of some of the bounty around us. You can see the concentration involved. . .
We didn't really get too many before I needed to get back home to bake some focaccia bread for the ward corn roast and potluck this evening. I can not believe the number of fruiting plants just growing "out in the bush" here. The Oregon grapes are LOADED this year, there are apples, plums, cherries, blueberries, blackberries and pears that are either naturalized or native all over the place. When I spot a new one, I get really excited and point it out; the family laughs at me, but then Kaili stated that she wants me to be on her team for the zombie apocalypse, because I always notice the wild food.
The two guys in the Tilley's look like they have the world's problems well in hand, don't they? The corn and watermelon have both been really sweet this year. I am partial to the melon, while Ron LOVES corn. The blackberries we gathered this morning were really sweet too. The air is quite cool at night, so Ron and I have moved our bed back indoors. I am hoping the wet weather will hold off for a little bit so we can gather enough berries to get a couple of pies in the freezer.
As a side note, I am now a consultant for Victorian Epicure (a Vancouver Island based company)- I have used and loved their herbs and spices for about 7 years now-
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