Early this morning, at my neighborhood market, the produce man was putting
out a wonderful display of fresh strawberries from a nearby farm. In the next
bin was the last citrus of our local season, still good, but clearly the
winter citrus time is over.
Summer is “stone fruit” season.
Each day gives us something superb: with dozens of varieties of peaches, pluots,
plums and apricots. We seem to know the week by what will be at its perfect
ripeness. It is almost too much! Maybe it is too much. But, we indulge.
However, the weather changes and the
coming of brilliant Cara Cara oranges, a vast array of mandarin-type citrus, luscious pears and crisp autumn apples say “it is fall”...simple joys through the cold,
gray days of winter.
Then, Spring and a couple of weeks
of sunshine produces a new bounty….berries. We don’t really need a calendar to
tell us of the changing seasons…we can taste it.
A good idea, Duff - to taste spring. But for awhile I'll be tasting your CA spring. Not much in the way of local produce!
ReplyDeleteI really do know that we are spoiled on the local produce thing here...something is always appearing. Found some really amazingly beautiful English peas this morning and saving them for dinner tomorrow. First of the Spring. Once the snows melt, you will be in that glorious Rocky Mountain Spring/Summer, maybe not English peas, but we don't have the wild columbine here...something wonderful about every place!
DeleteOhhh... the peaches. The Peaches.
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