Today I was out at Lindsey's house helping her finish up the finial details of moving into her own place. I remembered that a couple of weeks ago we had gone out to the blackberry bushes that are behind her house and they were not quite ripe yet. Today this is what I found. BIG ripe blackberries everywhere. The bushes are huge, over 10 feet tall in some places. I started picking only to be reminded of my friend Sheri telling me about the HUGE bugs that come out of the bushes when you start picking. Sure enough, out comes one of the HUGE bugs right at me. I was totally freaked out, but it did not take me long to be tempted by the berries once agian.The bugs move so fast I could not get a good look at what they are but I agree with Sheri they are HUGE!
The bummer thing about blackberry bushes is that there are so many berries just out of reach. Because these bushes are so tall some are too high and some are just too far inside the throny branches to be reached.
I was able to surprise Jeff with enough berries for a special treat with ice cream as well as more for tomorrow. Not only will we have berries tomorrow, but the bushes are covered with berries that are not quite ripe. We wouldn't want all those fresh berries to go to waste, dang, I guess we will just have to keep picking, yummy!
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