Blackberries season at São Carlos, Brazil
I have to explain why I am posting in English. This is because this post is a feedback to mrdanbaird, who recently posted on “A conscious search for blackberries” in Das Bloggen. His post was very much appreciated, including by me, and I was surprised by the size of blackberries shown in the pictures. I decided to show the difference to Brazilian blackberries, which are smaller and not so sweet (of course this last particularity cannot be appreciated in a blog – but who knows? perhaps one day this will be possible).
I went for a walk yesterday evening, around 5 pm, in the neighbourhood where I leave. After walking half a block, I found a very big blackberry tree (usually this tree is not so big here), filled with blackberries. I took some pictures, but I am not a good photographer, and the pictures were not good. The street near to the blackberry tree was covered by rather large smashed blackberries. I wondered the reason why the berries were big, and a possible explanation is because the tree was in a garden and certainly under good care. Since this season has been particularly dry in Brazil, and we haven’t seen a drop of rain during the last 30 days, or even more, I was surprised with the size of those blackberries. Walking an additional block, I found another blackberry tree, and the pictures I took were not so bad.
Most blackberries are not yet ripe enough to be eaten. But the trees are filled with these small berries, a nice mixture of colours with the leaves, though the contrast is nicer when the fruits are completely ripe.
Just beside this second blackberry tree there is a small river. Such small rivers here in Brazil are called “córregos”. It is nice to have a córrego near to home because the water attracts birds and sometimes other small animals, as possums and egrets. And it makes a nice ensemble of plants around the wet area.
Going further away, I took a picture of the landscape, since the light was going down, putting the colours in evidence.
Further uphill, there is a small charming grove, plenty of Brazilian trees. An ecological trail has been made by people leaving around, who think that it is important for neighbourhood foreigners and…
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