By their fruit

[j4]

Last time I looked out of the kitchen window -- really looked, rather than just letting my eyes slide glassily over the scene -- our elderberry trees were heavy with fruit.

Standing at the window just now, I saw that the branches were nearly bare: just a few black and shrivelled clumps remained.

Some time in the last month all the fruit withered and died while I wasn't looking.

Comments

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

Maybe somebody came and picked them for making wine?
Or it could have been those bastard starlings.

[j4.livejournal.com]

We picked them for making wine last year, but didn't bother this year. Don't mind leaving them for the birds but I hope the sparrows got some of them.