Hibernation

Nov 20, 2009 14:07

Brown leaves are blown begrudgingly loose from their branches, less leaves in the case of the blackjacks and pin oaks, which rattle in the northwest wind, but all of them from the shaggy barked hickories and the autumn fruit and nut trees. Persimmons thus reveal themselves where swift cold fronts have chased the first frosts across their bitter ( Read more... )

persimmon trees, hibernation, nourishment and blessings

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9 bows michimusic November 20 2009, 21:29:22 UTC
lovely, thank you.

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rowangolightly November 20 2009, 23:47:20 UTC
That was truly lovely. Bless you, my very dear, and please keep well and take care.

This autumn has been immensely hard and painful for me; I hope that Spring's rebirth will see a whole new bright future for a lot of people, myself included.

Blessed Be!

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Regeneration byron_bear November 28 2009, 14:18:57 UTC
Thank you. Be assured that the regeneration of spring will be glorious for you!

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romani123 November 21 2009, 01:19:00 UTC
I adore ripe Persimmons.

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Persimmons byron_bear November 28 2009, 14:20:38 UTC
I can't find a single one left. I think that between the raccoons and myself, we've eaten all of them around here. hehe

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motherpockets November 21 2009, 07:11:07 UTC
I rejoice that I will, with luck, see you in the spring. You will hear from me before then, however! BTW, my current desktop picture at work is the very sweet photo of you trying to keep my grandson Sean (age 4 at that point) warm at the first Joplin faire on the very cold day!

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Mom byron_bear November 28 2009, 14:23:58 UTC
I can't wait to codger Dee, my good friend who received your call. You should hear her when she does her 'my daughter' persona on the phone. It was pleasant to speak with you the other day =)

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mascot_dude November 21 2009, 07:20:34 UTC
Such a beautiful poetic message, very touching, very moving.

And now I know why persimmons don't taste good in California.... we don't get much snow in our agricultural farmlands.

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You have to try pie byron_bear November 28 2009, 14:25:44 UTC
You take wild persimmons, carefully take their skins off and then follow a traditional pumpkin pie recipe. You'll end up with a pie that you can hardly tell isn't pumpkin. Myself, I like the persimmon pie much more than pumpkin.

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Re: You have to try pie mascot_dude November 28 2009, 16:16:37 UTC
Gee,

I don't remember if I told you about my Thanksgiving in Israel? Instead of Pumpkin, the hotel staff used squash because no one in my student group knew the Hebrew word for pumpkin. Nor was there any pumpkin in Israel at that time. Squash was the closest word that could be translated for a pumpkin. So the dessert pie was yellow and drizzled with brown chocolate. I don't need a pumpkin pie to be sweet, but this just didn't have the same flavors. I'm thinking that if they had used persimmons instead, WOW, then it would have been almost the same as the real thing....

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Re: You have to try pie byron_bear November 30 2009, 14:04:11 UTC
Squash instead of pumpkin does not sound like a good idea. I suppose it's a logical replacement, both of them being in the same family, but, what a difference!

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