A Wealth of Plums and a Weakened Immune System
Today was my 30th IV infusion to suppress my immune system. I was actually eager because my intestinal pain hasn’t quit since last week’s big Crohn’s flare-up. Our kind and […]
Our first plum and zucchini harvest of the year
Shortly before sunset and feeling slightly improved, I dragged myself into our backyard to check on our Santa Rosa Plum tree. We love this plentiful tree, but it tends to […]
Baby green plums
These adorable baby green plums appeared on our tree recently, and Mama and I are enjoying watching them grow bigger each day. We are even more excited than usual to […]
Prepping pounds of plums
Our Santa Rosa Plum tree has been showering us in fruit this week. I’ve found several recipes to play with this weekend, including a crisp with cardamon and pistachio, a […]
Backyard plum picking
Now is the one week of summer that our entire plum tree ripens at once. Usually, it’s a race to see who can get to the fruit first—the squirrels and […]
A slight purpling
These last couple of days all of my “spoons” have gone towards home repair and cleaning projects. Exhausting, but necessary jobs, like cleaning out the freezer and power-washing wintry sediments […]
Pluot tree’s first crop ever
The Emerald Beaut pluot tree we planted in our backyard 1.5 years ago is now getting its first fruit ever! This glorious variety of pluot won’t be ripe until late […]
Wee green plums
While strolling through our garden and enjoying the flowers, Mama and I discovered that our plum tree is now starting to fruit! Aren’t they cute? Today’s #OneGoodThing was finding wee […]
Emerald Beaut’s first buds
The Emerald Beaut tree we planted last year has just started flowering and it is absolutely lovely! This is our favorite variety of pluot and we are praying we’ll receive […]
Plum blossoms and Abutilon
Our plum tree burst into these gorgeous white blossoms, which then led us to discover that Mama’s beloved Abutilon has also started blooming. We were so thrilled these delicate red […]
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