One of my favorite times of year is when all berries come into season.  I can still remember being a little girl growing up in Tennessee and picking blackberries from bushes that grew in our neighborhood or on the side of the road.  We would eat them all day while playing outside.  They were sweet and juicy and made for perfect snacking for me and my friends.  It's my mission to find some places here in Texas that I can go and pick fresh berries this year!  I love picking them straight from the farm and there is something about the fresh picked ones that make them extra sweet and special!  I happen to use blackberries a lot mixed into drinks because of their sweet and slightly tart flavor.  My blackberry mule mocktails are the perfect Springtime drink to enjoy at any time of day!

Of course, you can always make these into a cocktail by simply adding vodka, and let's be honest, if I wasn't preggers over here you know that's exactly what I would have done.