I’ve got to investigate these Manzanita bushes to see what they’re up to this year.
You see, earlier this year they had lots of blossoms. More than I remember seeing on these bushes.
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But then all those blossoms did something really strange. They turned into little apples all over the bushes.
I’ve never seen these bushes so covered before. You’d think my trails were one giant apple berry.
I’m going to have to figure out what to do with all these berries.
I wonder if they make good toys. Maybe I could play catch with them.
But once my person tosses them to me and I catch them – what if they don’t taste good. That could be a disaster.
Scratchy likes little roly things. Maybe I could take some of them home and roll them on the floor for him. That would probably occupy him for a whole minute or so. Then he’d probably want me to roll them around for him some more.
No, I guess that’s not a good idea either.
I wonder if my person could make something out of these berries? Are they edible?
They are?
If they’re edible there must be recipes for them. Get online person, and find some.
They don’t taste very good? What does that matter? If they’re edible you’ve got to eat them.
Not me. I don’t have to eat them. Berries aren’t dog food.
Okay, here it is. My person found the instructions for making Manzanita Cider. http://honest-food.net/2010/08/22/manzanita-cider/
Okay person, get busy and make that cider. The days are starting to get warm. You can put ice in the cider to cool off. I’ll just take the plain ice cubes.
What do you mean, you’re not going to make that cider yet?
You’re going to wait until those berries ripen?
You mean – oh no. That means I have to do another berry post later this summer. A sitting out and drinking cider kind of post.
Somehow I think my person tricked me into that one.
Scratchy, here’s some berries. Why don’t you roll them around on the floor for awhile.
