On July 1, I did write the blog
Nature's Candy - Sweet Cherries in which I also mentioned 'Spekkersen' yellow Ranier cherries with a red blush. That was one of the three varieties my Dad had in his garden. On Tuesday, when we went shopping in Atlanta I found my 'Childhood Memories - Rainier Cherries' at Trader Joe's. That made me very happy and of course they went home with us in the cool box!
Rainier Cherries with a blush. My childhood 'Spekkersen'...
Shown here in a yellow/white French Pillivuyt bowl.
From Trader Joe's comes this delicious product grown in the State of Washington
You noticed the condense on those cherries? Look what the difference was between the fridge and our outside temperature where I took the photos in our gazebo...
At 2:50 PM it was 36°C and RealFeel®: 45°C
Cherries are 'Nature's Candy' and just yummy!
What is your favorite fruit on hot summer afternoons?
Do you have some childhood memories that are fruit related?
Love to hear them...
Yesterday, we made our 3-weekly trip to Atlanta for the rounds to Costco, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. At Costco we found this great 5 lb bag with Clementines from Chile. Just loved their slogan: Sweet Seedless & Easy Peel! Fruits is a favorite of mine and I'd not easily give it up as a food. Sweetness from the country Chile, where we got married... click:
{Miracle in Chile - the country where we both got married!}.
So inviting for buying and eating them...
Such golden goodness... Do you like them as much as I do?
Those of you, lucky enough to live close any Costco in the USA, Canada or Mexico, get yours too!
These sweeties do fill up my large glass bowl which has frosted roses.
Hand crocheted tablecloth by a friend's Mom...
Frosted glass rose bowl...
- Up until a week ago we still had a few of those huge double flowers on our fragrant Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno'. It has been a true feast for the bees, thus making it into a 'Bee Happy Magnolia Restaurant'.
- You can read my earlier post about this tree here → {Our Fragrant Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno'} Have a look at one of those huge and Bee Happy Blossoms...
- A perfect picture taken by Pieter at 10:30 AM.
- By the way, in the post mentioned above, about this special double flowering and Fragrant Magnolia tree, there was one comment asking about its age.
- We did plant this huge tree in 1996. But as you can guess, with our tropical summer temperatures, all trees grow very fast here.
- As a reply to some questions about the crapemyrtle post from yesterday, if bees do visit it.
- Surely they do, we have plenty of bees in our garden and that almost year round.
- That's why we do have our Backyard Wildlife HABITAT Certificate since August of 1997.
- Look for that in my previous blog: {Our Backyard Wildlife HABITAT Certificate from August 1997}.
Hope this did answer any questions left.
Thanks again for your visit!
