I was sick recently. When it’s a head cold, I like frozen fruit. This was not a head cold, but even if it were, I would not have eaten these frozen apples.
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Farewell 2013, Greetings 2014
One year is coming to a close and another is opening up. I look forward to new opportunities for all good things to come.
In 2013, I made a few resolutions, some of which I succeeded in keeping:
- Go to the gym once-a-week when I’m not volunteering: Maintained for 6 months.
- Write in a journal daily: Maintained (or went back to complete) for 9 months … until I lost it. (This is 6 months longer than all past attempts.)
- Found the journal in month 11 behind some overgrown dust bunnies … and still haven’t gotten back in the swing of it.
- Eat more fruits and veggies: Which I do better when they are in season with an abundant garden out back.
- Read 95 books in 2013: Read 100. (I’m hoping that 5% helps to bolster some that weren’t so good.)
- Finish: scrapbooking through 2010: Done!
- One blog for each day of 2013. Done!
In 2014, my resolutions are about the same. There are a few additions:
- Find joy in everyday … even if it’s a cat antic or eating a fresh raspberry.
- Get a 2014 journal and don’t lose it … while actually writing in it daily (or near so) for one year.
- Start and finish scrapbooking 2011, and perhaps some of 2012.
- Drink more tea and less soda pop.
- Blog at least weekly. (Daily was too stressful, hence bullet #1 for 2014.)
What are your plans for 2014? What were your successes for 2013?
Praying you have a good year, and that health and happiness are in you every step of the way.
Recipe: Not So Much
I very much enjoy Joanne Fluke’s books. This is one with her and two other authors I appreciate, Laura Levine and Leslie Meier. It’s been a while since I read it, but I think it was Joanne’s story that included a recipe with the two ingredients you see below: beets and pineapple.
Any recipe with both of those items in one end product is not for me. It just doesn’t work with the following food combination issues:
- Fruit and veggies don’t mix in the same dish (see example below)
- All meats are to be thoroughly cooked (this includes fish)
- Sugar and meat don’t mix (no honey smoked ham or maple flavored bacon on my plate, but I can transfer it to yours)
- Fruit and meat don’t mix (pineapple and ham pizza – there’s more for you to enjoy)
I am sure I have more oddities, i.e. preferences. What are some of yours?
Giving Thanks – November 28
Happy Thanksgiving!
I give thanks for an abundance after a year of scarcity. The bad news is that the year 2012 was the worst year in many decades for fruit farmers in Michigan. The good news is that 2013 has offered the best crop Michigan has seen in many decades. It is not only a year of solid income for fruit farmers across the nation, but a tasty one!
May you have all you need to survive and flourish … every year!
The Pumpkin Man!
It’s that time of year! Delightful smells, gorgeous colors, and festivities everywhere.
Kalamazoo has a treasure this time of year in all of the farms with fun activities, treats to eat, and tours to tantalize. We are fortunate to have many apple farms, fruit stands, and corn mazes. Since my brother has an autumn fruit stand, I don’t much get around to the others. Yet, they are all of value no matter if they’re mostly for fun or muchly for games.
One pictured here is JUST for pumpkins! And it’s NO fruit “stand”. It’s an all out farm with ONE product for ONE month of the year. Honestly, I haven’t purchased much here, but I sure do enjoy getting great shots of pumpkins galore. I also appreciate that it’s a centennial farm, just as our family farm is over 100 years old as well.
If you’re in Kalamazoo, check out some of the great autumn fun, smells, tastes, and colors.
Uh-oh, I’m Late!
My brother’s apple orchard is open and selling fruit. However, he has this lazy sister who hasn’t yet updated his website. I feel so bad that he has such a lousy sister!
So, here’s what his apples were selling for five years ago. We shall see what the Greenings are going for this year at his stand. This is why I say it’s okay to nag me to get things done, especially anything away from the office. I have plenty of reminders there, but never enough for my life outside of work. So, if you go to his website and see there’s no listing of his current pickings, don’t hesitate to remind me I’m falling down on one of my volunteer jobs.
Bruce Bourner’s Orchard: www.faithandfarm.com/bournersorchard.html.
Happiness is … (004)
… fresh fruit! Especially this fruit when I take it home, soften some raspberry sherbet, mix the two together, and freeze for a sweet treat later.
Looking Around
I hear talk and read articles repeatedly lately about the importance of looking ahead, keeping your eye on the future, moving forward, etc. That can be good advice in some cases. However, I like to eat tasty food and take remarkable photos. For both photography and the harvesting of most of our foods, it’s important to look all around.
In photography, you may be concentrating on the gorgeous scene before your eyes and taking photos, but you might be startled by the beauty that lies behind you as well. If you are only looking forward, you miss the opportunity behind you.
In harvesting apples, one usually returns to each tree three times. Fruit on a tree ripens top down and outside in. If you only pick once, you’ll have ripe fruit, semi-ripe fruit, and not even remotely edible fruit. If you pick from the top and down the first time, you’ll get the most delicious fruit. If you go back to that tree and pick what remains on the outside, you’ll again enjoy delicious treats. Lastly, if you go back a third time, you will be able to pick what remains inside and know the fabulous taste of worthwhile labor.
Looking ahead is good, but looking all around is unequivocably delicious, and most photographers have documented proof.
What Happens in Vegas (03)
Among the things that don’t need to stay in Las Vegas are the desserts. I appreciate fruity things, and these three fruit desserts with one chocolate option were divine! I did share them with my travel companions, and we all agreed the red one was by far the best: raspberry. Thank goodness for buffets!
Moral of the Story: When eating in Vegas, save room for a few desserts.
Delicious!
Oh my, I am so hungry looking at this food!
Don’t you want to eat this fresh plum?
Or is it an apricot?
Can you tell?
I guess I’m going to have to wait a little bit before I enjoy it.
Maybe just a few months.
Perhaps I should find something else in the meantime.
Humor Happens 