blackberryings

Updated: August 22, 2026

For, pretty as our domain had grown, it was still in the middle of a town, and the children, like all naturally-reared children, craved after the freedom of the country after corn-fields, hay-fields, nuttings, blackberryings delights hitherto known only at rare intervals, when their father could spare a whole long day, and be at once the sun and the shield of the happy little band.

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - John Halifax, Gentleman