Black raspberries

Best fruit ever:  black raspberries.

The very best way to eat them:  fresh-picked, baby.  But I would never turn them down in a pie or over ice-cream, of course.  And if you have some in your kitchen, waiting to be made into a cobbler, I will probably snitch some, and then want a few pieces of the cobbler, too. 

WASTE update

The sumac excursion, while poorly attended, was a raging success.  Many varieties of sumacs were found and labeled, and many trees, aspects of the central Illinois landscape, and items of personal history were observed and discussed.  A few fine photos, if you please:

"Tiger's Eye" Staghorn Sumac

Leaf and immature fruit of buckeye tree

Smooth sumac

Kyle Schlie of WASTE

Sassafras leaves