So my tree has not grown and my bum has not shrunk this week! I think it's the time of year that effect both. Autumn has arrived in the calendar, and the weather! Brrr.
My son came home (this is allowed as he is an 'exception' - he's a single household). He was supposed to stay a week but no one told him, explicitly. There was a moment of panic when he realised this and he announced he had to be back after the weekend. A short but lovely weekend was had though. We celebrated his birthday (early). His aunts and uncles had to come in their pairs, one left as the other pair arrived. We duly met in the garden. We supplied a lit chiminea, blankets and hot drinks - but boy it was chilly! Very civilized afternoon still. The next day we did it again with my neighbours and George. It was much less windy therefore much warmer and pleasant. I think my boy enjoyed it all.
So we have an apple tree, planted a good decade ago. The last few years it has borne fruit, and each year the crop grows. Then just a couple of years ago another (existing tree) suddenly grew apples. As you can see from the photo the fruit is pretty small! And hilarious considering we didn't even know it was an apple tree! Who knew? Just decided to spring into action one day! Anyway this year we've decided not to let the apples go to waste (we've always eaten a few but not that many). We're going to make Cider! Ooh ah! I am a Cider drinker. Hopefully it'll be drinkable but I'll let you know how it goes. The kit is sat and ready to go but I reckon it's harder than it looks. Fingers crossed we'll have mulled cider by Christmas.
Doing your best in this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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