| It's that special time of summer again when a man's fancy turns to thoughts of - - - Peaches, Pears and Plums!!! Gone are the adequate and acceptable daily treats of winter - bananas, apples and the occasional orange. Bring on that season when the world is ripe and bursting with tasty flavorful fruits of many differing colors and sizes. My favorite is the apricot, which in recent years seems to be growing bigger and bigger. Almost in some instances the size of a plum, which by the way, is my second favorite fruit! The dark red or black plum, firm and oh so juicy and flavorful! Yes, this is the season for the fruit aficionado. A time to enthusiastically enjoy apricots, plums, peaches, pears, cumquats, and grapes, both green and red, seedless of course. Add to that delicious collection of nature's finest other interesting fruits like kiwi and pineapple and of course all the berries - strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Let's not forget all the melons like watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew! Finally, my childhood favorite, red ripe Bing cherries! Oh yes, let me sit lakeside on a lazy summer afternoon barefoot with a bag of cherries. Popping one in my mouth - pulling off the stem - spitting out the seed! Repeat, repeat, repeat… Enjoy! These are the days we have waited for all year long. The days of peaches, pears, plums and more! ~JustJerry  |
