Peach and Plum Season!

It's that time of year... I'm in a mad race against bugs and birds to salvage my precious peaches and plums. This year, the haul has been better than ever. In fact, it is the first time in many years that my plum tree has bloomed at all!

I don't even like peaches and plums! But the absolute sweet, juiciness of a fresh-picked, ripe plum or peach is heaven!

So now I've become one of those people we hate... the ones trying to pawn off their agricultural yield on any willing victim, er, recipient...

Oh well, I still love checking my tree each day for the latest fruit ripe for the pickin'.


Unfortunately, I can't pick them all! Look at this BEAUTIFUL, ripe, beautiful plum way out of my reach - about 10 feet off the ground.

Then there's this gorgeous, ripe peach about 8 feet up and through some very painful branches... I'm sure the birds will enjoy it!


P.S. The first shot was taken with my new lens. My dad bought an F1.8 50mm lens for me to play with. I know that doesn't mean anything to 99% of you, but the 1.8 allows me to take pictures that are even blurrier than I could before with my 2.4. The lower the number, the less that is in focus. And the 50mm means it is small and doesn't zoom. My huge camera looks PATHETIC with this tiny lens on it. But I will be able to get shots I couldn't get before, in lower light, so I'm excited to use it. THANKS, dad!