Bearing Fruit

This is just to say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

[by William Carlos Williams]

I know, I post this poem most years- but when somebody gave us all a bag of plums on yesterday, at our craft group, I thought of it again! How generous of this woman to share the fruit from the tree in her garden. They are so delicious, cold from the fridge on a hot day! But also lovely in a plum crumble when the weather turns colder [it will, it will...]

In the afternoon, my neighbour gave me a bag of Bramley apples from her tree - and asked if Bob would kindly help with picking the higher fruits sometime this week. I think there will be a few pies going into the freezer soon.

Last week the bananas went soft incredibly quickly in the heat - as did those in my neighbour's fruit bowl - I made a couple of banana loaves with them all, which freeze well [recipe here- but I substituted sultanas for the nuts]

I'm looking forward to dealing with the harvest of apples and pears from the two fruit trees out by the raised bed soon too.

And if it gets cooler, we shall walk the lanes and pick blackberries.

How blessed we are to have such a rainbow of fruits to enjoy...

Caravaggio's 'Still Life with Fruit' [c. 1603] I could just eat one of those figs! Of course it is very unlikely that this amazingly gifted artist would ever have unzipped a banana for his midmorning snack.