“There was a strong but not unpleasant smell- moist earth, decomposing leaf matter, new flowers beginning to catch the day’s sun- and great fat bumblebees were busy already collecting pollen from a profusion of small pink and white blooms. Blackberries: Sadie surprised herself by dredging up the knowledge. They were blackberry flowers, and in a few months’ time the bushes would be heavy with fruit.”
