Pulling Blackberries

Since I've been in Oregon, I have had an infected belly button, frozen shoulders, and an infected eye. Now add to the fact that I had to stop work for an hour today to blow my nose from allergies, you'd think I'd be pretty unhappy. But the sun was shining and even though I can't breathe, I got some good fun out of removing blackberry bushes from the wetland preserve. Nothing like some hard labor to make you feel like you've accomplished something when you finally get that bulbous root out. Pesky little buggers, thorny too. Even more appreciation for my favorite berry from the midwest, the mulberry. Just as pesky but not thorny.

Well I haven't posted in forever, and this may not be interesting, but at least it's a start.