Dreaming of Blackberries

It's blackberry season - that time of year when many will brave poison ivy, briars and chiggers to pick those sweet little treats. My daughter and I love to roam our property, looking for berries and tasting them right off the bush. Unfortunately, this has been a bad year for our berries. The intense heat is drying them into hard little pellets before they have a chance to ripen. We've only been able to find a few small handfuls. There won't be any blackberry pie or blackberries over ice cream this summer. Still, we will continue hunting for them and enjoying the few that we find. There's always next year...