First seven blackberries of the year

Today, a walk along the railway track.

Far less trees and shrubs than before the bulldozers came, and this became my little desert.

However, plenty of flowers, and still some brambles.

I picked the first seven blackberries (no, not your metal things, for politician and secret police readers of this blog) of the year, for porridge.

Blue-tailed damselflies.

Video of brambles here.

Texel island blackberries: here. And here.

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