It is the season for the wild blueberries to be ripe. And, the forecast was calling for the warmest day of the summer so far... So the girls and I packed up and headed out for a day trip. The forecast proved to be right as the temperature topped out at +31C in the mid-afternoon. This was the first time that we hit +30C this summer. It has certainly been a cool wet summer this year and we are hopeful that the fall will be warm and dry. But, it is getting so cool during the nights right now that I expect we will have our first frost very soon. Some of the grain fields are ripening, and the geese are beginning to gather in flocks. Fall is just around the corner, I'm afraid.
My parents came along with us for the day. They had first taken me out to the blueberry patch over 30 years ago when I was a kid. The patch is out in the jackpine covered sandhills north of Edmonton. We keep the exact location a secret, so it doesn't get overpicked. We missed the last couple of years and in fact that last time that we were out was three summers ago. At that time Margarit stayed home with newborn Helena and just the two older girls and I went out. This time around we all went. There was a pretty good crop and despite the heat and the mosquitos we came home with enough berries to have some for fresh eating and baking, and a few to make some jam. It was really nice to be out in the woods. There were wildflowers of the late summer blooming, lots of mushrooms, and the kinnickinnick berries were also ripening. When we got back into the city in the late afternoon, we all went out for dinner together. A fitting end to a very busy but enjoyable weekend.
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