Story Behind Foto: Earlier this summer my boyfriend, Ryan, and I went on a little blackberry pickin’ adventure. I call it adventure because it involved nature, a creek, flowing water, bugs, and getting wet. See, to me, this is an adventure, to him it was something to do. As I mentioned before he has an interesting job, I think it is interesting.
Moving on, he decided we should go blackberry pickin’ in a “secret” spot off some bike trail in the Sacramento area. I agreed to this adventure and so off we went to find blackberries. He made us DIY buckets (an empty gallon of water with a handle) and a berry pickin’ stick with a hook at the end of it this way we could reach out further and get the better larger berries. We trekked down a shallow creek pickin’ berries and ended with a few pounds of the fruit. We had anticipated making some great dessert or smoothie with the fruit of our labor, but in the meantime, they’re waiting in the freezer.
Overall, we had a lot fun doing something out of the ordinary and I was able to take a few cool foto’s. Here’s one of my favorite.
Happy Friday,
CAT
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Berry picking… I’m 56 years old and never have done that… Sounds very Zen like…
It was a peaceful Zen like adventure. This was my first time too. Him and his family went berry picking when he was young.
You should try it.
I just looked up the fire building method you linked to. I accidentally did that…. as a kid…. In a tree house in my neighborhood…we were “building a fireplace.” Needless to say the fire trucks had to come. Ohhhh boy.
Genius berry picking gear!!! Great posts!!!
Oh my goodness, that’s an accident all right. However, I can definitely picture kids “building a fireplace” and having it all burn down.
Yeah, the berry picking gear was top of the line, LOL.