Postscript: Well this started back in August but due to many distractions, I just didn’t meet my goal of making a new entry at least once per season change. Oh well, as many will confirm: the man with many clocks doesn’t do well with keeping track of time! Read on…
So as summer winds down, we had the opportunity to try some peaches hauled up from Georgia in a refrigerated truck and did a comparison with the local crop. Sad to say, the Michigan bounty could not stand up against Georgia, but I guess I can’t be too critical. Everyone has to excel at something and in this case, Georgia does a better job with peaches. Amidst the many fruit flies that were competing for taste testing, we quickly prepped and canned, so we will be enjoying these for months to come.
I also tried some new bread recipes and had GREAT success with a tasty blueberry and peach bread – better than banana bread and sure to show up when guests come to visit (although we’ll have to use frozen blueberries and canned peaches during the off-season!).
While making bread and measuring out some honey I got to thinking how all the bees got together and worked to make it, for the good of the entire hive. From there my mind wandered to recent news that a coworker friend announced that he was leaving to travel overseas and help people in a underdeveloped nation filled with corruption and danger. While that would not be something you would catch me doing, it put me in mind of those bees, working together for the betterment (is that a word?) of the entire group. Where would we be without those that are willing to work together for the benefit of us all? Not only would we not have the benefit of enjoying that golden sweet honey, but we would likely never have the opportunity to benefit from what might come from sharing selflessly with those that are less fortunate. We need more bees in this world, both winged and otherwise. Safe travels my friend.
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