Rubus idaeus

Did you know that a raspberry isn't actually a berry at all? --It is actually an aggregate fruit of drupelets that are all centered around a core (the little white bit that remains on the plant once you pick the fruit)? Who knew.

Now that fall is arriving in the northwest, the raspberries are enjoying their last hurrah before the frost turns them to mush. Me and the bears are trying to devour as many of them as possible (it's stiff competition). If I had an oven I'd be making a cinnamony pie with these succulent red jewels.