We need to find meaning. We need to be useful. We need to know that who we are matters. I give, you give, we all give.
Catherine says: Picture is just plum beautiful!
Winnie Nielsen says: Those are your Damson plums? I bet they are delicious and my mom always made the best jam when someone gifted her a sack full.
Winnie Nielsen says: What are these? The leaves look like apple leaves but the fruit looks like a big yellow plum. Some sort of Asian fruit?
MaryJane says: We call them coyote plums. They grow wild here. They are about the size of a big quarter. When you first pop them into your mouth and bite down they’re sweet but around the pit they’re a tad sour so you spit that out and pop another one in:)
Denise says: These look beautiful. Are they big enough to use for jam or anything?
MaryJane says: You know, I’ve never done a thing with them other than nibble on them whenever I walk by a tree, but I think they’d work up like any other plum for jam and things.
Laura Warnecke says: My naughty dogs ADORE these (and every other type of plum that they can inhale). I have an ancient orchard nearby and the pair sneak off constantly to eat as many as they can before they get busted!!
Winnie Nielsen says: Hi MaryJane~ Back just in time to batten down the hatches against Hurricane Matthew! We had a great trip but I was ready to get back home and see my Mr.Bump and sleep in my own bed. Nothing like Home Sweet Home!
MaryJane says: I’m sure Mr. Bump is once again happy. Yes, batten down. My fingers are crossed the storm veers off its projected route.
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Perfect fall scene!
Just checking this out.
AWE!
that is a scene from my childhood…more than half a century ago……
It warms my heart