Strange Blue Berries

My post for today is about some strange blue berries I found deep in the forest near a small river. I don't really know what kind of plant this is, and I didn't try to find out. The plant also appears to be quite dead. The reason I'm showing it to you is because of the bright blue color of the berries.

The blue color is what caught my eye. I was in a new forest and I had kind of lost my way, but I still had time to get a few pictures. I learned a long time ago to be able to determine my direction by the location of the sun. I used this trick to find my way back to my truck this time. One of these days I'll share it with the rest of you, but today I just have these strange blue berries.

I wish I would have thought to get a picture of the whole plant. I thought I did but I don't seem to have it, so these two shots are the ones I have. It doesn't matter because it's the berries that are important anyway, even if they are dead.

I have a couple of special posts coming up in the next two days. They're both Halloween related. Tomorrow will be an all new Fiction Friday, and Saturday will be the results of the poll along with a small surprise. This post has been short because I spent a long time working on those and some other things that are coming up, including a new story for Rat Tales. I hope you'll be as happy with them as I am.

(Only today and tomorrow are left to vote in the poll. The more votes there are, the more enjoyable the poll results will be, so vote now if you haven't already!)