It's almost October and it is apple time! Our farm produced several varieties of apples . . . yummy! And I spent many days on a 3-legged picking ladder with a picking sack hanging off my shoulders. I love the smell of apples, apple orchards . . and apple time!!! I was able to bring home the box stamps my dad had made that were used to stamp the big cardboard boxes we used when packing and shipping apples. There are some with the apple variety name, such as "Red Delicious", some with size, description such as "Extra Fancy", and one with the Gardner Diamond T Farm and Orchard label/address on it. I also was able to get some of the old wooden apple boxes and I use many of them in my house as shelving units, etc. Dad also made the best . . . oh, the tastiest apple cider . . . what a treat!!! We live just over the fence from the orchards (we no longer own them) but we are able to pick, enjoy the flavor and fragrances . . . and the memories!!!
the view from my kitchen window
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
An Apple a Day . . . it's Apple Time!
It's almost October and it is apple time! Our farm produced several varieties of apples . . . yummy! And I spent many days on a 3-legged picking ladder with a picking sack hanging off my shoulders. I love the smell of apples, apple orchards . . and apple time!!! I was able to bring home the box stamps my dad had made that were used to stamp the big cardboard boxes we used when packing and shipping apples. There are some with the apple variety name, such as "Red Delicious", some with size, description such as "Extra Fancy", and one with the Gardner Diamond T Farm and Orchard label/address on it. I also was able to get some of the old wooden apple boxes and I use many of them in my house as shelving units, etc. Dad also made the best . . . oh, the tastiest apple cider . . . what a treat!!! We live just over the fence from the orchards (we no longer own them) but we are able to pick, enjoy the flavor and fragrances . . . and the memories!!!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Cat in a Bumbershoot
Yesterday was a rainy day and in the southwest we don't use rainboots or umbrellas much, but yesterday was a RAINY day. So, I put on my "pink plaidies" and took my purple bumbershoot to go get the mail. Of course, you don't close up your bumbershoot while it's wet. A little later in the afternoon I turned around to see our kitty, Skye, preening herself inside the upside down umbrella. As soon as I got my camera she turned around, sat up and posed! Sweet kitty! She is a tortoiseshell calico and unbelievably spry and active for her age. She was 10 months old when I got her from the shelter in June of 1995!!! She is a sweet, affectionate, "people" cat and loves to cuddle. She has been missing her top fang teeth for a long time but can still, without those teeth and at her age, wrangle down rabbits, squirrels, mice and gophers half her size. And she loves to engage in rough & tumble play with our dog, Bramble. We call their romping "rodeos"! Sweet kitty!!By the way, out here in the west we call these articles "umbrellas" . . but they are also called "bumbershoots"!
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