The apron would have been helpful...but I would have never survived
wearing dresses.
I don't own a dress to this day.
Black slacks, trouser socks n' casual shoes
on bottom...nice, simple shirt on top.
I'm afraid I don't make a very stylish
impression at business meetings
until they open my portfolio.
:)
Then they stop looking at me...
and business continues on well!
As a child the vintage picture would
have been a bit different...
NO ladder...after all, apple trees aren't
nearly as tall as chestnut trees!
No standing on the ground waiting
for A BOY to hand one down.
I would have been in the tree with
my legs folded over a limb,
hanging upside down~
choking down the sour bites.
Some of our kids neighborhood friends
were all together playing apple
baseball the other day. Sounds wasteful,
but the early hail damaged a lot of the
fruit & worms got into soft spots easily.
They smelled very fragrant when
they walked inside!
It's so good to see young people laughing
and having fun...even if it's "sticky!"
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We always shoot our bad fallen apples as far as we can throw them-seeing who can throw the farthest.(Never me)
Our young trees won't be fruitful for a couple more years. Can't wait for them!
Our old tree is a red delicious-I'm afraid it's not very good tasting.
I am so curious about the business aspect of your art. I wish sometime you could blog about it. I know I would faint if I had to show a portfolio.
It's sort of nerve-wracking just to show my art on a blog...
I'm excited to see more of your work, and of course, to hear about your projects. So glad we found each other!
Love, Debra
Oh, my, I never heard of apple baseball. I've never seen an apple growing, just the ones in the supermarket. It never dawned on me that they weren't all perfect!
DEBRA~ I'll post some info. today that might explain a little about what I do...& recommend a book that an artist friend recommends to people...
Oh Nola...you're so dear! Apples right off the backyard tree, or from an orchard taste SO different! I don't know what to compare it to. Fresh popped, popcorn~ the next day it still is "okay" but a little flat...Pizza~ mmmm warm from the oven. Leftovers are "okay"...but most of the flavor is missing. Grocery store apples, even for us right now, in the middle of apple country~ taste "okay" not ORCHARD FRESH. Even if I were to mail you a few...I think they would taste different than store bought.
We had A LOT of bizarre hail late spring, early summer that beat up the young fruits pretty badly...they'll still be used in applesauces, pies etc.
I love the late apples (picked right about now) they are meatier, crisp & full of taste...great for all recipes.
Wish I could bag the scent of an orchard for you~
Thanks for your notes!
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