i have spent a week telling myself and anyone who would listen that i had to get out into the back yard to photograph the explosion of blackberry blossoms this year before all the petals fell. then the petals started falling and i finally collected some blackberry blossoms, and it turns out they are all the more beautiful for sometimes displaying petals, and sometimes just displaying a beautiful star shaped calyx, and a halo of anthers looking like a dusting of poppy seeds. yummy, in either case.

blackberry blossoms

saint paul, minnesota