Back when I walked the Sunset Rim trail, I noticed a spot with a LOT of blackberry bushes. It was just a short way into the trail. Better yet, it was a cleared area with bushes all around the edges, not just a thicket! I headed out there with a couple of quart-sized yogurt containers, which make great berry buckets. I didn't get out as early as I meant to, so it was getting a little hot, but it was worth it - I got just about a quart. I could have easily gotten more without even having to push through the bushes, but once I got that much it looked like enough.
A powder-blue dragonfly. Go hunt some mosquitoes, please!
I didn't get anywhere near all of these. Only what I could reach without sticking my arm in between branches too far. Those thorns are
wicked. Even with a long sleeved shirt on my hands got some scratches.
Sooo many more back there! Somehow the camera focused on the background in that shot, and on the berries in the foreground in the shot below.
Ah, the rewards of labor are sweet. And tart. Sooo, sooo tart.
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