Taking time . . .
Jun 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Perspectives |
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Life’s been busy lately. Too much to do, not enough hours in the day, or enough energy to speed through the to-do list at the pace I moved in my 20s. Or my 30s. Sometimes I get so caught up in keeping up that I lose track of the flow of nature as the seasons progress.
Yesterday I took a couple of hours to wander around the back 40 to check the condition of the pasture and see how close the wild blackberries were to ripening. I found enough ripe ones for a nice snack. Maybe there will be enough for a cobbler later this week.
I checked out the wildflowers and the bugs crawling around on the wildflowers . . .
and admired the dewdrops on the persimmon leaves.
The gooseberries at the edge of the woods looked ready to pick. There was a nice mix of large, plump green ones with the deep purple ripe ones on this bunch. The ripe ones have a more pleasant taste, but I’d think a mix of ripe and green would make a tasty juice for jelly. I’ve never gathered enough for a full batch. I tend to eat most of the ripe ones while I’m wandering about, and the others get tossed into a bag of mixed berries in the freezer. Summer jam – yum!
I was so caught up in admiring the flowers, bugs, and berries that I nearly forgot to look up. The dogs flushed a buzzard out of the brush, though, and as I watched it take flight I noticed the clouds. Don’t they look a bit like they’re painted across the sky with quick, careless brush strokes?
I can’t believe you have blackberries so soon. Huckleberries are just starting to come in here, but the blackberries are a long way off. These pictures are lovely. I don’t know how you get such fine detail.
Those look like the clouds I saw at Roundrock last Sunday.
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to drop by your cyber home. What wonderful photos, Laura!!!!! Just love it here. (And those berries do look good. I haven’t had blackberry cobbler in ages, which is my favorite, much less any other berry.
Loved the photo of the sky and the one of the bugs on the flowers. *sigh* Gonna have to visit more often now that I’ve found you and added you to the blog roll. Hugs, woman.
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