Photo of late summer berries growing near the city walls in York, England.
"It's the berries!" Did you ever know anyone who actually used that expression? Me neither. But it popped into my head when posting this photo. For the past week it's been cool and fall-like. Suddenly, it's warm and sunny, like summer's last gasp. No wonder I have a migraine, with such abrupt temperature changes. For all you Under the Microscope fans, Rel and his wife Diane arrived safely in Paris yesterday. He phoned to say they are in a nice hotel in an interesting area and he'd already exhausted his camera's batteries, snapping photos of a youth rally/demonstration (luckily he has extra batteries). And David and I will be seeing them in person Wednesday night.
Speaking of my husband, he arrived from China this morning. Thankfully, he didn't buy any cheesy cheap souvenirs (other than for his office staff). And Elisa, my Italian friend from Spanish class in Seville, arrives this afternoon from Milan. She will be teaching Italian at a language school here. With the Rugby World Cup underway, she's having trouble finding accommodations, so she is our guest for awhile.
Hope you're all having a good weekend! Tonight after the chef's famous roast chicken, we'll be cheering on France as they play Namibia. A victory is crucial for France to remain in the Rugby World Cup competition. Allez les bleus!
You post seems like right out of "eat pray love"! What a fantastic eclectic and international life you live! :-)
Posted by: Alex | 18 September 2007 at 08:17
Love the berries, it looks like Fall... enjoy your company :)
Posted by: robyn pope | 18 September 2007 at 03:40
That photo makes me crave berries - mmm...
Hope your headache's gone away by now, Tara. Glad your husband made it back, safe and sound from China. Enjoy your visits with friends - hope the two of you can find some time for R&R in your B&B! XOXO
Posted by: tinker | 18 September 2007 at 01:19
I hope your headache is Berry much gone today! It would be berry bad if it weren't.
I wont tell your husbands worker-bee's about the Chinese cheese.... I promise!
Sending smiles.
Posted by: rochambeau | 17 September 2007 at 20:06
Oh divine fruit that I so adore. A glimpse at the end of summer.
XOX
Kristen
Posted by: Kristen R | 17 September 2007 at 15:41
1920's flappers would use that term ooh its the berries! when something was THE BEST or they might say its the bees knees:) Its The Berries was one of my ebay selling names a couple of years back:)ok berrie anything and I'M THERE! they are delicious beyond words! xo
Posted by: berriehead | 17 September 2007 at 14:15
Nice berries....Chris brought home bowls and bowls full of blackberries from his Mom's yard this year. We enjoyed them every which way!!! I wish the weather would make up its mind there already....I keep having to change my packing list. See you soon Tara :)
Posted by: My Melange | 17 September 2007 at 13:18
Love and many blessings to you dear one.
Love Jeanne
Posted by: Jeanne | 17 September 2007 at 12:02
This picture is a sweet ending to a loooong summer. xo
Posted by: bella | 17 September 2007 at 05:24
We're having the crisp, fall-like weather right now, and I love it! However, I hear summer will be making a reprise next week - so watch out allergies!
Say hi to Rel for me :) And enjoy having your husband home again!
Posted by: Becca | 17 September 2007 at 02:50
Tara, this picture just TOTALLY made me smile! I got the same reaction you did - is it autumm or is summer making one last appearance? The memories of my childhood picking berries in the fields behind my house just came flooding back when I saw this photo. Good memories of good times!
Thanks for the smile today. :-)
Lisa :)
Posted by: Lisa | 16 September 2007 at 21:56
After the rains of last week, here in Vienna the days have also turned sunny and warm again. I left my chicken in the fridge and went out into the Vienna Woods and a Viennese fried chicken in Grinzing. To work if off, we took a walk around Nußdorf and Heiligenstadt, thinking of Beethoven.
Posted by: Merisi's Vienna | 16 September 2007 at 21:55
lovely picture of 'it's the berries'.
have fun with 'allez les bleus' tonight in front of the tv with your husband and a great time with your italian friend coming over as a guest.
Posted by: marita | 16 September 2007 at 21:05
Would the chef be you? Roast chicken heh? Yum...! Wishing France a landslide victory over Namibia, go France! (Sorry goes out to the Jolie-Pitts on this one! ;)
You are such a hostess, do you ever stop? Life is one big entertainment extravaganza with you! Maybe I'll have my turn one day...(fingers crossed)
Enjoy your Sunday, hope you head soon gets better.
xo
Blue
Posted by: Gillian | 16 September 2007 at 20:14
I have blackberries growing just outside our yard (we leave on a tiny island where such landscapes can be tolerated) -- I cut them back regularly, but won't cut them down, 'cause I so love the annual ritual of berry-picking, and just watching them go from flowering to fruiting to ripening is such a marker of seasons. I posted last month about discovering a (beautiful)wasp's nest as I was picking and also posted the resultant jams. Nice to see a shot of them growing in York, so far away. They look like the same Himalayan blackberry, a persistent traveller.
Posted by: materfamilias | 16 September 2007 at 19:51
it is the berries...have fun with your guests...hope the head is better...blessings, rebecca
Posted by: Cre8Tiva | 16 September 2007 at 17:53
That berry photo is luscious!
We'll be cheering the "bleus" tonight, too :)
Posted by: meredith | 16 September 2007 at 17:14
What an "international" life you lead! Love to pick those berries.
Posted by: Karen Cole | 16 September 2007 at 16:56
Oh - my dad used to say "ain't them the berries?!" whenever he was exasperated.
Over here in England I totally missed the blackberry season! The first year I lived here I was SOOOOO enthusiastic about blackberries. I picked them and made all kinds of pies, tarts and muffins. All the Brits looked confused by my excitement over blackberries. Four years later and I forgot about them!
Posted by: Kim | 16 September 2007 at 16:10
"or for that matter any fruit" ...missed the 'fruit' in my last comment...guess I ate it ;-)
Posted by: Bhavna | 16 September 2007 at 15:49
umm...scrupmtious. nothing better than picking berries, or for that matter any straight off the tree and eating!
Posted by: Bhavna | 16 September 2007 at 15:48