Okay, so, it's been a while since I've posted to this blog. Last year was taken up with Bill getting his knee replaced, and it took a very long time before he was able to get back to his normal self. We both are very happy that this entire experience is behind us. Just to give you an idea of how difficult this surgery was for him, his doctor (the same doctor that replaced my hip three years ago) told him that he won't do his other knee. He said Bill took 10 years off his life with all the complications. So, I think we both have decided not to go down that road again.
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| Plum Tree |
I don't know where you live, but here in Southwest North Carolina, in the Piedmont area, we have been having a winter to beat records, warm winter that is. I thought I'd take a few pictures so you could see how faked out nature is here. This is February, supposedly the middle of winter. I'm fairly certain we're going to have another frost or two, so, there goes all our fruit harvest again. This will be the second or third year this has happened. It is so disappointing.
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| Cherry Tree |
So, here are our fruit trees in the middle of what is supposed to be winter. The plum tree is just gorgeous with it's white blossoms bursting out all over. I don't believe we've enjoyed a plum from it yet. Maybe this year, forever hopeful! The Cherry trees are beginning to bloom as well. Last year we did get a bountiful harvest of tiny little cherries called Nanking Cherries, enough to make a nice batch of cherry jam. I'm hoping they're not going to be frost bitten this year.