BlackbirdBlackbird celebrates the dry season and the warm, peaceful days of summer in the Pacific Northwest, when walking anywhere from a country road to a city greenspace brings the powerful scent of tawny dry grass, fir and cedar trees baking in the sun releasing their sharp, incense like resins, and juicy ripe blackberries tempting us and the blackbirds with their jammy, musky sweetness. Although inspired by nature, Ellen Coveys Blackbird is sophisticated