Walking the dog or doing yard work is more fun when candy grows on bushes.

The blackberries are getting ripe and they are the best.  Cherries are just as tasty, but birds eat them about 15 minutes after they ripen.  Plums might be good, but my trees have more black knot than fruit.  Eating an apple doesn’t feel like a treat, and the pears are too firm until they sit on the window sill for a while.

No sign of poison ivy in Sparky’s favorite parts of the yard.