Comments on: August Smells of Blackberries

By: bonnie

bonnie — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:53:43 +0000

Miss Maddie picked some blackberries with our neighbors. We made the cobbler and you were right about its goodness. ‘Twas gone within an hour. ;~) Time for pie and jam! xo

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Oh! Wonderful… I’m glad you enjoyed it. It does tend to disappear quickly. ~W

By: connie Oates

connie Oates — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:44:20 +0000

Blackberries were on my mind and in my dreams this week, how I miss August in Lake County and the abundance of berries. Oh how I enjoyed picking and making jam, but my favorite was the cobbler. I dream of cold November nights drinking coffee and enjoying berry cobbler with ice cream. Love the photo of Georges my but he is growing fast.

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I would imagine right about now in this heat, that November sounds good! ~W

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:52:14 +0000

Mmmm… where is that spot? I’d go berry picking in a heartbeat with that view.

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It’s on the edge of the riverwalk headed toward Alderbrook. ~W

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:11:01 +0000

I always think I should move from Tucson to a place that I could go berry picking. I have to wait until October to go pick pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. How lovely that your boy gets to experience nature like that!

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It’s a lovely place to grow up. I’m looking forward to pumpkins… it’s starting to feel a bit like fall here already. ~W

By: Angela (Cottage Magpie)

Angela (Cottage Magpie) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:04:48 +0000

Gosh, I feel like I’ve been away for so long, I’ve missed you! I know it’s only been two weeks but it feels like an eternity! I want to comment on every single post I’ve missed, but I’ll probably have to settle for just reading since I’m still shouldering two houses here. But I wanted to stop in. I love blackberrying, and it surprises me that so few people do it these days. And, even more interesting, is that it seems that those who do aren’t from this area–maybe it’s just me, but almost everyone I’ve met who still picks wild berries is from the Midwest or the South. I wonder why? Anyway, I’m glad to be back, and thank you for being there! ~A

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No worries, you’ve had a great deal to do this summer. I hope you’re getting settled and we should connect sometime this fall. ~W

By: saidra

saidra — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:55:12 +0000

You know…there are wild raspberry bushes in certain places here in AZ…now, if I could just remember where…all the blackberries up there remind me of Tom Robbins’ books. We used to all laugh at his description of how the blackberries come up through the sidewalks and take over houses…until we journeyed up there, and it was true…

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Yeah, they’re considered a weed here. And they grow everywhere. Yumm… wild raspberries sound wonderful! ~W

By: Karan

Karan — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:23:32 +0000

I love blackberry season…and I can’t get me enough of ‘em. An afternoon of picking is a failure if I come home without purple fingers, teeth and lips.

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I’m afraid we jumped the season a bit… the few we found were hard won. Maybe in a few weeks. ~W

By: vicki

vicki — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:28:34 +0000

I was here last night (drooling) but partly this post made me a touch nostalgic, bordering on sad. So I teared up and went away. Way up in the upper peninsula my mother gathered wild berries-thimbleberries (do you know those?) and high-bush blueberries every year and we made jams and preserves and jellies-dozens of jars! And that she sold to a local shop for the tourist trade, but we always kept enough for pies. Cobbler, I’m not so familiar with and this recipe: 1,1,1,1! sounds delightful to me.

Like Bonnie, I love the images that accompany this post and yes-we used cool whip containers, too! Today, I hope your foot is okay. And I just finished making apple brown betty for company dinner with the first apples of this changing season. xoxox

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I can’t wait to see you next week! And it’s funny what takes us back, eh? I hope your week away with Rich is relaxing.~W

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:03:48 +0000

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! I love blackberries…which reminds me, I need to get a flat of them so I can make jam! Looks like a nice day spent with boy wonder

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It was a nice afternoon. Hey, am I going to see you in Seattle on the 25th? Love to catch up for coffee. ~W

By: Maryam in Marrakech

Maryam in Marrakech — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:59:24 +0000

Blackberries! How very delicious. None of those here in Morocco, I am afraid. I was explaining to a Moroccan about blueberries and she found the whole concept of berries that are blue that you eat to be fascinating.

I am very interested in the fact that you homeschool your son. I would love to learn more about that and your reasons for homeschooling. If there is an entry about that on your blog, I would happily read away - if you have a moment to guide me where.

PS Thank you for your blessings:-)

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I’ve sent you email. And I would imagine if you’d never had anything blue to eat, blackberries would be odd! ~W