Blackberry time again!

and hasn't that come round again quickly?

...but, they are not very numerous, and are all a bit on the small side.
There are lots that have shriveled before they have fully ripened, but this year it can't be due to drought! Perhaps there will be more later, but the ones I picked yesterday will have to be for jelly or blackberry liqueur (or mure as its known here in France), rather than the summer pudding that I am waiting to make!

However, thanks to the amazing weather we had in March, there are loads of sloes this year - not ripe yet, but there will be ample for making sloe gin this year.