Over the weekend, the boys, D, and I went for a ramble with my Dad. He took us to a hillside covered in bramble bushes, where we spotted a Muntjac deer, a hollow tree (“where a gentleman fairy might live, Mummy”) and filled our basket with blackberry after blackberry. On the edge of the woods there was also a crabapple tree, so we gathered as many as we could reach.
Combining the blackberries, the crabapples and the bowl of windfall apples at home in the kitchen, I made a batch of bramble jelly. It’s a two stage process because the fruit has to drip through a muslin overnight, but it really is worth the effort. I stashed away the jars, giving a couple to my Dad, but couldn’t resist spreading some on a round of hot buttered toast. It tastes of Autumn distilled.
Such vibrant photographs, beautiful autumn colours. How lucky to have seen a Muntjac, I remember learning about them on a mammal society weekend and how they are an estate escapee species that have been very successful. Love deer of any type. Sam x
Yum yum yum. Clever upside down stool idea 🙂
I have both of these in my back garden and an 11 year old to entertain. Bingo.
Result! Hope it helps you to pass the time xx