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And the harvest continues.

November 4, 2021 Rivergirl 21 Comments

Our apple trees are still loaded with fruit…

Though the deer have taken their share from the lower branches, which means….

It was time to send the husband up the ladder.

And when the fruit in reach of the ladder were picked clean? It was time for the antique tools.

Apple pickers from an 1850 orchard.

If you’ve ever tried to use one of these, you know it’s not as easy as it looks. And after 10 minutes of fruitless ( See what I did there? Fruitless. I’m so clever, it hurts.) maneuvering, adjustments had to be made.

Not a pretty technique.

But highly effective.

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Oddities.

November 4, 2021 Rivergirl 20 Comments

A friend sent me this picture of a beverage she saw in the grocery store the other day.

She said she saw it and thought of me.

Busty Lush.

I’m not sure if I should be offended… or flattered she knows me so well.

I thought about buying some, but when I saw the non alcoholic label, I figured… why bother?

It’s back?

I don’t remember goat poop ever disappearing.

I can think of numerous other ways to say Happy Holidays besides the gift of livestock dung, but maybe that’s just me.

And what’s with “Artisan” goat poop?

Is there some Jackson Pollack spattering going on or what?

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More random nonsense.

November 3, 2021 Rivergirl 24 Comments

With Thanksgiving right around the bend, my mind naturally turns to food. Visions of a glistening, perfectly roasted, juicy bird take center stage… and I can guarantee you it’s not this kind.

A plant based turkey?

An already stuffed with God knows what plant based turkey?

Not on my holiday table.

🤢

Backyard color.

(Disclaimer-this pic was taken before the N’Or Easter. The wind stripped her bare)

But yes, the burning bushes are burning.

I have to ask… wouldn’t duct tape work just as well?

Lord Dudley Mountcatten doesn’t care.

I’ve always found this to be true.

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Another gutter installation goes wrong.

November 3, 2021 Rivergirl 17 Comments

Out of nowhere my husband decided this section of gutter need to be replaced. And as usual, it didn’t go well.

When my other half works? OSHA cringes…

And my flowers die.

All was well until they got to the downspout.

It was crooked.

And leaking.

And kept coming apart.

When they reached for the screws and caulk?

I had to go inside before my eyes rolled up so far in my head they wouldn’t come back down.

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Assorted silliness

November 2, 2021 Rivergirl 6 Comments

Because we could all use a bit more of that these days.

Maybe not, but it looks like a lot more fun.

I’m confused. In my glory days my breasts looked nothing like a cow….

And by now? My tolerance is pretty high.

If he’s like me, it’s the fact that your sentence ends with a preposition.

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I finally have proof.

November 2, 2021 Rivergirl 32 Comments

Remember when I asked if anyone in our town wanted some apples on Facebook a while back?

And a nice woman with two children came over to harvest some of the bonanza?

Well, she left me a nice surprise in the mailbox the other day.

A jar of homemade applesauce. And while that was thoughtful enough? The best part was this…

Proof of awesomeness to show my husband. … because for some reason he never believes me when I tell him.

🤣

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Harvest time.

November 1, 2021 Rivergirl 14 Comments

Autumn is the traditional season of harvest. Pumpkins, apples, squash. But yours truly prefers the liquid version…

Harvest Sangria!

This drink is da bomb and I’m not ashamed to say I had three with lunch the other day.

Looking out the extremely dirty window is some fall foliage on the river, an old mill and the historic bridge the town keeps trying to replace.

Inside there was a calamari appetizer with orange hoisin sauce to share, a crab roll for me….

And seafood scampi with scallops, shrimp and mussels for the hubs.

Life is good.

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Sharing the bounty.

November 1, 2021 Rivergirl 29 Comments

I’ve eaten apples.

I’ve baked with apples.

I’ve given apples to friends, to neighbors, to a pig, to workers and to strangers.

The deer have eaten apples. The raccoons have eaten apples. Even the fox have eaten apples.

And yet…

We’re still loaded with fruit. There was only one thing left to do.

Gather up enough to fill the trunk of our car and take them to a wildlife rehabilitation shelter in the neighboring town.

Oh. My. God.

I fell in love a dozen times over.

And my heart broke a dozen times as well.

Abused animals. Sick animals. Animals that had been hit with a car on purpose.

How can people be so cruel.

If you’ve ever looked into a porcupine’s eyes and heard his little squee ( it sounds just like a baby)…. you know what I’m talking about.

More marshmallow please.

Seeing these little guys chow down on our apples?

Almost brought me to tears.

❤️

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Something extra…

October 31, 2021 Rivergirl 5 Comments

Dropping one more post in the line up today because it’s Halloween… and some of my friends are ~~disturbed~~ clever.

Creepiest costume award goes to a woman the husband used to work with. She and her wife go all out for the holiday and seeing her dressed as Pennywise will probably give me nightmares for a week.

I hate clowns!