The Magpie Files: Berried Treasure

Friday, 7 September 2007

Berried Treasure

I thought that I had held onto summer

so tightly

that it could not escape my grasp

but I see that it has slipped though my fingers.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: "...summer's lease hath all too short a date..." Love these fall-flavored photos! Happy weekend to you all ((HUGS)); 7 September 2007 at 15:22
Anonymous said...: Is thar sloes I see, must get some for the gin!; 7 September 2007 at 22:05
Unknown said...: Love the pics, especially of the black berries. The first berry (eldeberry) has a special significance for me. My mother used to make elderberry pies. We would pick the berries for her (always found along roadsides etc).. and then clean the berries. She would make pies and elerberry pie taste best with sweetened cream on top (in my opinion. I have made elderberry jam, and I have made black berry jam also (your last pic is my favorite).; 8 September 2007 at 03:34
alice c said...: Thank you for these lovely comments.

The sloes were beautiful - but on the other side of a wide bank of nettles, quite out of reach!

I had never heard of elderberry pie before although I knew someone who used to make elderberry wine. Are they sour or sweet? I use elderflowers for gooseberry recipes and love elderflower cordial but don't pretend to make it myself!; 8 September 2007 at 10:49
dottycookie said...: Lovely berries - but round here some of the blackberries are already over & done with, and we are starting to sweep leaves. That's a wee bit depressing ...; 8 September 2007 at 14:39
Mary said...: Oh what a beautiful, bittersweet post. Lovely!; 10 August 2008 at 01:03

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