The raspberries are pretty much gone. There were lots of dried up lil berries…but not lots of yummy ready ones. While we were picking along the fence on T. and S.’s side, T. came over and said hello. We talked berries, and he mentioned there were tons of raspberry bushes on the other side of his property in his other neighbor’s land. He offered to and did call the other neighbor to see if we could go over there and pick berries, and then he led us through the grass and weeds and poision ivy to where the patch was. Alas, there weren’t many berries left there, either. Perhaps next year when ours ripen, we’ll talk to those folks again and see if we can pick there. We’ll also need a machete. We got about a pint or two of berries from all the plants. Maybe tomorrow I can make a cobbler or somethin’?

One of our slithering friends is growing. We found this skin floating along the edge of the pond. While it was in the water, the skin still looked sort of snake shaped…especially the head part. When Andy took the skin out of the water, the tail was full like a balloon and was leaky. It was neato.

Today the ducks started eating Big Girl food. *sniffle* They grow up so fast! They still have baby fluff but are mostly feathers. They are working on growing wings now, too. At the tips of their wings are growing what looks like white plastic pins…I guess the foundation for their big wing feathers. And they follow Andy so well!

The blackberries should be ripe in a week or two. At least that’s what T. thought, and he should know better than us. Blackberries. Ooodles and oodles of blackberries. Dang, we really need a big freezer! Ya know how lots of people set up wish lists of Amazon or Toys R Us or Bob’s House of Llamas? Do you know any online stores where we can build this wish list:

– large chest freezer
– hand sheep shears
– machete
– spinning wheel
– electric fencing