Stumbling to the Berry Patch

This guy was trying to explain that this was his berry patch. I was more than willing to see his side of it, but Riley (the lab) and Ben (the wolf), sort of told him that there was enough for everyone. After much discussion he decided to go a little farther down the trail for his blackberry feast. I have never seen a year when all the berries ripened at the same time. I've been going out in the afternoon now for two weeks picking and they are in unbelievable the quantities. We have stocked up on blackberries, raspberries,wild strawberries and my personal favorite blueberries. Riley (the dog) likes the blackberries. Yes its true, I have a dog (Riley) that loves to eat berries. I think he may have been a bird in a previous life. Tomorrow, I have to go on a little camping trip with my brother, into the Goodman Cedar Swamps. We have to flag the cedar trees that we will need for the coming year. That probably didn't make sense to you, but we build log furniture and winter is the only time the ground is frozen to allow harvesting in the low ground where the best cedar grows. That's always an interesting trip. It's smack dab in the deepest part of the Nicolet National Forest. I'll take along my pocket recorder and camera to pass along some of the goodies of Northern Wisconsin. Catch ya later Majik