by susan preston | Jul 18, 2019 | Flowers, Photo of the Day, This Life, Trees
Wishes and Promises “The blossoms of the apricot blow from the east to the west, and I have tried to keep them from falling.” – Ezra I took this image back in May when my apricot tree was flowering with wishes of the harvest to come. But unlike the previous two...
by susan preston | Jul 15, 2019 | Musings, Photo of the Day, This Life, Trees
Apricots in the Rain At the most difficult moments of my life, when it seemed that every door was closed to me, the taste of those apricots comes back to comfort me with the notion that abundance is always within reach, if only one knows how to find it. – Isabel...
by susan preston | Jul 7, 2019 | Photo of the Day, This Life
Ruckus-Makin’ Jam If you don’t like apricotish snapshots you’ve come to the wrong place! (At least until my bumper crop has been polished off.) I had no concept of the size of the wave I’d end up riding when I took a trip to Albertsons for some...
by susan preston | Jul 7, 2019 | Musings, Photo of the Day, This Life
Love Made Visible “Trees indeed have hearts.” ― Henry David Thoreau Each morning this week I’ve crept outside to retrieve twenty to thirty tiny suns that have dropped overnight from my apricot tree. Wanting to not miss any part of this miracle, I’ve spent time...
by susan preston | Jul 6, 2019 | Photo of the Day, This Life
The Endless Harvest I’m saving the stones – each a promise of new growth – as this endless apricot harvest creeps along. When all is preserved, eaten, given away, or left to compost its way back into the earth, I shall count these stones. If anyone would like...
