09.29.07 APPLE OF MY EYE

The deer have finished most of the apples from our tree. The fruit that remains are high up in the branches beyond the reach of the deer standing on their hind legs. This morning I decided to harvest a few for a family apple crisp. Shaking the branches to get the apples to fall I got beaned in the eye by one of Sir Isaac's orbs. Knocked my glasses off and punched a nice hole in the apple. A black eye from a sweet fruit.

09.12.07 A RECORD OF OUR DAYS

The apples are falling from my tree, and the deer eat them faster than I can collect them. They are a treat for man and beast, juicy, tart, crispy, and delicious. They don't look like grocery store apples, and I am not certain what variety was planted, but they are perfect to me. If you take a moment to examine the fruit before eating or peeling you can see a history of each one's days recorded on its skin. Warm rosy moments and tough warty periods, fine green hours and moldy gray moments. Life, a blessing to hold.

05.14.07 POLLINATORS PROOF

The apple tree blossoms have set their fruit. The work of all the many insect pollinators will benefit us all this fall. Perhaps we will receive the blessing of a good crop of apples this year. It seems this apple tree's bounty is to be depended on only once every two to three seasons.