Blackberry-ing

On Thursday morning, the children and I decided to go out blackberry-ing, so I had Greg give me a quick lesson on driving the 4-wheeler, and we set off in to the woods.  After a mostly cheerful, peaceful time in the thickets, I brought the children back to the house, but I still didn't have quite enough berries for a pie, so...

 
I drove back out by myself...

 
And picked berries in the silence of the big green woods.  In spite of the mosquito bites and pricker scratches, the lonely quiet was some kind of wonderful.