I cannot imagine planting a blackberry (I live in an area that is totally over-run with invasive blackberries), but this is a very striking photo.

I know what you mean. My sister lived in WA for many years. One year she thought someone had stolen her canoe. It turned out she found it later on, covered up by the wild blackberries! It would have covered her home if she hadn't constantly been beating them back.

They WILL eat large items - cars, boats, porches... On the plus side, they make a rather inpenetrable hedge between properties, and give us delicious fruit as a compensate.

I agree, they were great at keeping a good hedge between properties! I would have used the berries much more than she did.

Glad you guys like the photo!
I was raised having to pick blackberries in July and haven't forgotten the heat, snakes, thorns and chiggers! I never really even liked the taste.
If they had only had thornless blackberries back them! Now that I don't have a quota to meet every day, I've learned to like them better.

My neighbor gave me a thornless blackberry one time, which rather astounded me. I diligently put it in the ground but I apparently didn't water it enough or something and it never thrived. Himalayan blackberries are my favorite for pies and jam, and free to boot. No snakes or chiggers for me, but the thorns can certainly be ruthless!