Saturday, September 17, 2011

blackberry picking


yesterday we went blackberry picking just outside of town. it was the first time i'd ever been berry picking, and it was fun and delicious work! and also painful! blackberry bushes are very viney with lots and lots of thorns, that are always trying to grab you and scratch you all over.
we picked approximately a million berries, and plan to make a couple pies and some scones from this recipe, and just eat some plain and as toppings for yogurt and icecream too.



on a sewing sidenote: i took in this old dress for the occasion. it's a vintage dress i've had for quite a while, (and i didn't get a before picture), but i just took up the waist, and the hem. so now i have the blackberry dress to add to my list of sewing accomplishments!


 fig trying to keep still, so as not to get stabbed by all the thorns everywhere.



 mike and his favorite georgia bucket full of berries. ready to go home.

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13 comments:

  1. Let It Be RawSeptember 17, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    I love the stains that blackberries make on fingers... they also make for good paint.

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  2. abi porterSeptember 17, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    that dress is amazing!

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  3. DarbySeptember 17, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    I love your dress! I picked a ton of huckleberries not that long. They don't have stupid thorns!

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  4. geeSeptember 17, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    beautiful dress. i have never been blackberry picking but i sure do love eating them.

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  5. Nobian Echo HenanSeptember 17, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    Where did you get your shoes?

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  6. MegSeptember 18, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    awwwww this is so precious . Fig is such a little cutie. I love your dress!

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  7. allie smithSeptember 18, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Pretty photos!! Looks like fun! :)

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  8. lindsiSeptember 18, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    thank you! and i got my boots at forever 21 about a year ago, i don't see them on the website now,but they usually have similar ones.

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  9. LoSeptember 21, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    I absolutely adore you're outfit, but what is new! I am so sick of everything in my closet and you're style always has me wishing I was somehow you're roommate so that I could come scour you're closet from time to time. I love berries! Mmm. I hope you enjoy them! :) -Lo

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  10. carolineSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    oh, I love the print and cut of your dress. quite lovely. and this summer was my first time berry picking, but I chickened out because I was wearing white and saw how messy it could get. but I have this idyllic imagery of berry picking in a dress, barefoot with an old vintage bug passing by. weird.

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  11. a girl and her birdSeptember 23, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    yum, I used to go berry picking with my grandad when I was little, I always made a mess! x

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  12. Jazzy E (Hivenn)September 28, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    Beautiful in every way! I went elderberry picking the other day, it's so fun (& free). x hivenn

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  13. MikiNovember 6, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    That dress is amazing! And I'm totally craving berries now, haha :p.

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