I have been working like crazy lately. Like that is something new.
I made 24 loves of zucchini bread, six of banana bread, a batch each of hot pepper relish and kiwi pineapple jam. Yesterday, I had some help squeezing pomegranates.
It was a lean season this year for fruit. The frost this Spring, took almost all the fruit in town. No joke.
Hopefully...with a little tree trimming this Winter, the fruit will be great big and beautiful this coming Spring.
I know that in apple trees, if there was a lean year with very little fruit, the following year the tree will likely be loaded. It is the unused 'energy', stored from one year to the next. I hope all fruit trees carry that same trait. AND...that it doesn't freeze in an untimely manner this coming Spring.
Early this year, my next door neighbor died suddenly from diabetes. On Mother's Day, her only child came and scraped weeds from the empty acre between us. It was so heart wrenching for me to 'feel' his pain, I couldn't tell him how sorry I was about his Mom's passing.
This weekend, he was over at the house, having a garage sale. I finally screwed up enough courage to go talk to him, and say how sorry I was for his loss.
That made me think about all the other losses that happened this year. The saddest one is my Sis. I miss her so.
She loved decorating for the holidays. It didn't matter WHAT holiday...she had them all covered. It was something she could do no matter how bad she felt and it gave her comfort and a sense of accomplishment. I am sure it also satisfied her artistic bent.
You've been working hard....and you made all the BEST STUFF! Thank you for all your loving hard work!
Yup, Christmas brings to mind the lost loved ones, doesn't it? The older I get, the more bitter-sweet this season is. I'm glad to have had them to love, though.
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