Fruits and nuts

 
Here's a pretty picture for the first full day of fall. In this picture we see a boy standing around doing nothing and a girl industriously working on a garland of leaves.

 
Maybe we shouldn't be too hard on "John," because, after all, he is holding leaves in case the girl needs them, and he's making a lovely observation, looking at a squirrel in the tree. "Everything is making ready for winter," he says.

 
The squirrels in our yard have been making ready, too. For the second year that I've noticed, they busily collect all of the black walnuts on one side of the yard, then run them across to a maple tree on the other side of the yard. This seems to give them some peculiar sense of accomplishment. Some times, of course, they get irrationally exuberant and add one too many walnuts, so they all come tumbling down. If I could speak to the squirrels, I would ask them, if they're not burying the walnuts, why they don't just run them back up the walnut tree and save themselves a trip across the yard. Of course, maybe the squirrels watch me and wonder if I'm as efficient as I could be.

 
They have made excellent use of the old basketball hoop and have absolutely packed the area behind the backboard.

 
Apart from freezing a few berries and some tomato sauce, about all I've been able to put away for the winter is a gallon of millinery fruit, which I found at a thrift store the last time I was in Pennsylvania. (Now that I think of it, perhaps all the chattering I hear amongst the squirrels is them wondering why I would spend time canning fruit that cannot be eaten.)

 
I would like to make a purse just so I could embellish it with these grape clusters.

 
Inside the jar is quite a tasty assortment of cherries and strawberries.

 
As well as blueberries and bananas.

 
Not to mention pears and citrus fruits.

 
And the squirrels can have all of the black walnuts they want, because I have pink acorns with velvet leaves.






 

 

Comments

[Kate]

Your fruit looks so nice and colorful in that jar. Your squirrels are very industrious! We have only one and he is real skinny and scrawny, I gave him a pile of nuts after Thanksgiving last year and he didn't touch them (they were real, not glossy pink fyi) he must be a Texan type squirrel and only want grits with gravy.
Hope your day is as colorful as your fruit.

[Into Vintage]

This post cuts a little close to home -- some days I'm about as efficient as your squirrels minus any 'bushy & bright-eyed' traits. And "John?" Let's just say he reminds me of a certain someone around dinnertime...

[Janelle]

The colors in that jar of fruit make me happy! We have lots of squirrels in our back yard, but I'm not sure where they stash their acorns and other treasures. Probably one of our dead trees way out back is packed full!

[belinda]

AAAAaahhhh...luv this post....your little squirrels are tooooo funny!!!

[Poppy]

Wow! All that millinery fruit would make one heckuva new chapeaux for Carmen Miranda!

[stephanie]

"all I've been able to put away for the winter is a gallon of millinery fruit"

hahhahahahhaaa...love it.

[Julie]

Arn't squirrels just the dumbest critters - I once had one that thought storing a full slice of burnt toast left out on the leg of an overturned wheelbarrow was just the best "storage" idea in the world (LOL)...Jewels

[Lavender Dreams]

The berries are so pretty...and the book? OH MY! I love old children's books! They make me feel so good! Enjoy your week! ♥

[laurie magpie ethel]

Great post...i would take that jar of fruit any day and stockpile it for winter. Those squirrels sound like great entertainment!

[Lisa W.]

You never cease to amaze me ! That fruit is too wonderful ! And your squirrels .... I have tons of squirrels in my yard ( we love them ) - and 4 black walnut trees .... and I never see them store nuts like that. How interesting ... thanks for posting those pictures !

[Tina]

Yummy. I'm in Ohio right now, and feasted on concord grapes, freshly picked raspberries, and hot house strawberries today, all locally grown. Not to mention the bounty of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. I haven't hit an Ohio harvest in some time.

[judy]

The last line of this post is the funniest thing I've read in MONTHS.

It should become one of those vinyl wall words phrases.

[LiLi M.]

I love the colors in your jar! In our climate we need these colors in autumn as otherwise it is very gray. Yet the average dutchman thinks gray and beige are the best colors in their house!

I would love to hear more about your fantasy fabric store!
Have a great weekend!