apples anyone?

wandering the little apple orchard looking for bloomed blossoms...

i only found a few...

but found someone was watching me too!

silly i know, gotta love spring!

more blossoms...

pear in the foreground then apple then cherry

so cherry blossoms are about over. there are a few stragglers still but most have browned and started to fall away. now pears are in full bloom. its funny though the blossoms of a pear are pretty close to those of cherry.

another cool thing is the pollen that the bees collect is tinted green. i am pretty sure these are anjou pears, but i could be wrong. i wonder if bosc or red bartlett pollen has a pink/red tint to them?

pollinator in flight

smell em!

Cherry and Peach Blossoms

16/365 carcass

whats left of a sunflower after the birds found it.

12/365 Cosmos

look whats still blooming even after the frost...

7/365

Rose hips.

When we were little we used to take walks along our road. Growing up in the mountains it made it quite safe to do so. I can't remember if we were coming or going but I do remember the spot where mom pointed out that rose hips are what is leftover from the roses and that they were edibile and filled with vitamin C.

This to my 7 year old brain it meant something else that I could put into my mouth and not get yelled at for. So for years my sister and I couldn't wait until fall and for the rosehips to shine through. we would pick them and eat some as we go then save the rest which usually ended up as dried pruny things by the time we remembered them in the spring. and yes we would eat them too completely ignoring the hairy seeds inside.

Now that I'm a bit older "ahem" I still enjoy them. More often than not they are in my tea but they are still tart and a little acidic and remind me of my childhood.