Showing posts with label blueberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blueberries. Show all posts

Sunday, May 23, 2010

A study in blueberries

This morning a fog hung over everything in the early hours until the sun rose high enough to burn it away. It left behind some beautiful droplets on our swelling blueberries (click on the pictures for a larger view, then use the back arrow to return to the blog):

The little berrylets sometimes held the drops as though they were little fairy cups:

I've come to learn that blueberry plants vary the color of their bark with the seasons. In all seasons they are a delight to look at. Their colors, aways in hues of greens and reds (and white with the blossoms), are constantly changing. I can't wait 'till I spy some blue!:


Someday this will be a nice little handful of berries:


A sip of morning dew, anyone?:


I hope we get to pick these when they're ripe, and the birds don't get to them first!:


Such beautiful colors:



A delight to look upon:


And the sunshine only makes them prettier: