Hello!
I hope you are all enjoying your week!
We are lucky and have a lot of blackberry bushes here in Gold Country....
They grow like weeds...
We hadn't ever picked blackberries until we moved to Amador County...
We have a couple of large bushes on the ranch as well as on the two ranches that border us....
Every year we pick and pick blackberries while they are in season and make a lot of blackberry pies...
I thought I would share a few images I shot of the kids picking blackberries....
I tried to capture real moments...
You will see quite a few images of Rambo (our great dane mastiff cross, a.k.a. as a daniff)....
The kids were having him do tricks for berries.....
Rambo LOVES blackberries and will eat them right off the bush...
Not quite sure how he does it, if you have ever picked blackberries before then you know how prickly blackberry bushes are....
I had the boys put on their newsboy caps...
I think they look so cute in them....
The kids also wear cowboy boots when picking berries...
We have way too many rattle snakes around here...
Austin kind of helped pick berries : )
Rambo waiting patiently for his berry...
The kids have taught Rambo to speak for treats....
He was having a hard time not drooling....
Dustan had to safeguard the berries we had already picked from Rambo : )
Rambo sitting with a berry on his head....
Rambo shaking for berries....
Rambo jumping for berries....
On another note...
I recently shot these images of my blackberry and blueberry galettes for the summer issue of Souvenir...
I have made so many of these this summer...
They are a family favorite and honestly it is hard to not eat the entire galette...
You can find the recipe and more images in the summer issue of Souvenir,
I also shared a couple of other family favorite recipes in this issue...
If you have already purchased the magazine and decide to
make the blueberry muffins.... You will also need 2 cups of flour...
Somehow I forgot to list that one important ingredient....
You can see a generous free preview below before deciding to purchase the digital version, which is only $3.95, it is filled with inspiration....
Enjoy!
Do you have a favorite blackberry recipe??
if so and the recipe is online please feel free to leave a link to your favorite recipe in the comment section...
Take Care,
Maria
