Very Berry

Berries are very healthy. Especially, blueberries are well-known as food which are good for our skin and eyes. Today I asked my friends to go blueberry picking. This was the second time we went blueberry picking, and this pleasure is becoming our mutual hobby.

In the park, there are thousands of blueberry  bushes. Also, there are blackberry bushes. Many people in the park, enjoy blueberry picking, not blackberry because blackberry is the rose family and the bush has thorns, and the thorns stick in people's body when they try to pick blackberries. Since I picked only blueberries the first time I went there, I wanted to get blackberries at this time. "Ah!!" we shouted as often as our hands almost reached the berries. Nevertheless, none of us stopped fighting against the bushes, and we were filling our bottles with blackberries little by little. When we had finished picking blackberries, we had many cuts on our legs and arms. We got more than enough blackberries, yet we went to the blueberry area to get them, too.

After I came back to my house, I washed the berries and put blueberries in containers, and some of the containers went into the refridgerater and some went into the freezer for preservation. As for blackberries, I put them into a plastic bag and pressed them. Then, I put the juice into the bottle and mixed with milk and suger. Recently, I enjoy a piece of bread and the blackberry milk at breakfast. The blackberry milk tastes a little sour, but makes me healthier and gives me energy for studying every morning. A third time I will go berry picking will probably be this weekend.

Comments

[Myf (editor)]

This post reminds me of my childhood. There's a valley near my parents' house where I grew up that is full of blackberry bushes. Every end of summer/early autumn we'd go there with empty tubs to fill up. I still love the taste of blackberries. And I certainly understand what you say about scratches. Those bushes grow so thickly, you can't penetrate them. They used to have whole families of wild rabbits living deep inside them, absolutely safe from any predator because of the thorns.

Blueberries were rare in England when I was a child, although you can buy them in supermarkets everywhere now. I only heard about them from the American children's books we had. Now I'm an adult, I love all kinds of berries and your post has made me hungry for them!

[Keita]

Myf,

I am glad to hear your story when you were child. I envy you that it sounds like you could always eat berries whenever you wanted. And, the rabbit's story is very interesting! I am sure any animal even me can't penetrate.
We can see blueberries in supermarkets everywhere now, but they're not cheap, are they? I am a little sad the season I can enjoy berry picking is going to end.

[Min]

hey! blueberry picking.. hmm i've never been to one! maybe you should show me sometime ;)

[Keita]

Min!!

Thanks for visiting my blog and your message!

Sure, I hope it still in season. The place is really near from PLU. I am free every weekend! We gotta go!!

[Min]

yes we will go!!
when you get back from San Francisco ;) btw, have fun! and let me know how much fun you are having by writing journals! :)