Nature Contained

I woke up today thinking about my grandmothers mulberry tree. I haven’t eaten a mulberry in a very long time but for some reason today I woke up with a craving for them. They are not something you can find at the market, the berry is too delicate to sell, but once eaten, you will be awestruck with this magical fruit.

The Common Mulberry is a handsome tree, 20 to 30 feet high, of rugged, picturesque appearance, forming a dense, spreading head of branches usually wider than the height of the tree, springing from a short, rough trunk. Mulberry trees do not begin to bear fruit early in life, and few fruits can be expected from a tree before it is five years of age.

I am thinking they would be tasty on top of an almond crème brulee or a honey semifreddo. For now I will just look for a nice tree, maybe to plant in the spring to celebrate the arrival of our baby.

Waking up to a 55 degree morning is pretty wonderful. I have felt a little sluggish this week and was really itching to go on a long wooded walk. The morning got even better when my dear friend and fellow Four Corners merchant Bruce Winn, of Roseberry-Winn Pottery, decided to come along. We trekked around the 400 acre Simmons Mill Pond Preserve in Little Compton, chatted about upcoming projects and took in all the fun sensory pleasures like stepping on crinkled leaves and listening to the wind blow through the pampas grass.

The cut silvery pampas grass heads would look great in some of Bruce's vessels.
Here are some of their objects of beauty:Thanks Bruce for the lovely morning walk! To learn more about Roseberry-Winn pottery
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