The state of the world. And escaping by going blackberrying.

There’s still chaos at the airport in Kabul. US drone strikes on the city won’t have helped. Neither will presidential declarations that vengeance will be sought for Americans who died in attacks on the airport. A decision has been taken to pull out of Afghanistan and that’s what should be done, surely, without escalating anything right now. 

There’s also continuing chaos with delivery lorries in the UK. Photos of empty supermarket shelves keep being posted but we seem to be managing reasonably all right around here. Various keen Brexiteers are calling for European lorry drivers to be employed. And the Daily Mail has apparently come up with the revolutionary idea that we need to unite with Europe to solve the border and delivery crisis! Hmm!

New Orleans is having problems with Hurricane Ida and other bits of the USA are still burning.

The world seems to be well on it’s way to hell in a handcart!

But hey! It’s not all bad. We appear to be having some success in the Paralympics. Christian Ronaldo has returned to Manchester. I know one or two younger women who will be delighted about that. And the weather continues to be reasonably kind to us.

Today is a bank holiday. We have not rushed to the seaside or to any other beauty spot. My daughter and I had been planning a family walk, just the two of us and the smallest members of the family. In the end we decided to go and pay a visit to her eldest daughter, all alone in her house as her housemate is away of holiday. 

 

We are pretty sure she has not left the house for days. 

 

So we persuaded her that it was going to be fine to leave her convalescent dog safely tucked up in her dog cage. The dog is still not allowed out for walks for a few days yet.

So we set off - me, my daughter, her eldest and her two smallest on a blackberry picking mission. 

My granddaughter also indulged her habit of taking photos of snails along the way. 

My granddaughter lives only a few miles from here but the berries there are ripening nicely while here they are still green and in need of some more growing time. I’m just hoping the fine, warmish weather can continue a little longer so that they don’t go to waste.

 

 

Now I need to hunt out an old recipe for blackberry, apple and almond slice. Can’t let nature’s bounty go to waste.

Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!