Today I put in halfway down the big lake from where I live. I can paddle over to the tree lined shoreline of Seward Park, which is always pleasant. There is a breeze out of the south today on this cloudy and humid day. It is not really a light breeze or a fresh breeze. It is a distinctly soft breeze where the air gently folds and wraps around any exposed skin and one feels enveloped by it more than anything. I paddle across to the rich island and back, stopping along the shore of the park to fill one of my ballast buckets with blackberries.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Berries
Today I put in halfway down the big lake from where I live. I can paddle over to the tree lined shoreline of Seward Park, which is always pleasant. There is a breeze out of the south today on this cloudy and humid day. It is not really a light breeze or a fresh breeze. It is a distinctly soft breeze where the air gently folds and wraps around any exposed skin and one feels enveloped by it more than anything. I paddle across to the rich island and back, stopping along the shore of the park to fill one of my ballast buckets with blackberries.
are they very tasty scott?
ReplyDeleteI am saving my empty jam jars in hopes I can get them refilled. (grin)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, they are tasty, Sarmila.
ReplyDeleteThe NW coast was always a "horn of plenty". There were huge salmon runs (run is the term for the salmon's upriver migration) and there still are a wide variety of berries. My favorite is the huckleberry, which grows high in the mountains - the season for which is approaching. I picked Himalayan Blackberries the other day. They are a hybrid nuisance plant that takes over if not controlled. They are sweet and grow in a tangle of vines that forms a big mound that might be 6 ft high with lots of thorns up to 1/4 inch long. There is also a native blackberry - a little smaller, a little less sweet, but a better flavor and with insignificant thorns. The best thing is that they are free for the taking and one can pick 4 liters in an hour, easy.
ah! i thank u scott for the detailed reply. very informative.
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