Daughter's extended in-law family came Saturday to celebrate FIVE
birthdays in the family w/in 2 weeks.

One of the aunts brought her a grocery bag stuffed full of ripe
passionfruit. The one I ate was heavenly. I don't know what she's
planning for the harvest, I suspect a sauce.

We went to another friend's gathering yesterday. They had a pomegranate
tree loaded with bright red fruit. It looked like something decorated
for Christmas. Some of the poms were in clusters looking like huge
grapes. They said the fruit usually doesn't redden like that until
November. (Global warming, maybe?)

Holy cow, I love it here.

gloria p

gloria p wrote on 02 Sep 2013:
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>
> Daughter's extended in-law family came Saturday to celebrate FIVE
> birthdays in the family w/in 2 weeks.
>
> One of the aunts brought her a grocery bag stuffed full of ripe
> passionfruit. The one I ate was heavenly. I don't know what she's
> planning for the harvest, I suspect a sauce.
>
> We went to another friend's gathering yesterday. They had a pomegranate
> tree loaded with bright red fruit. It looked like something decorated
> for Christmas. Some of the poms were in clusters looking like huge
> grapes. They said the fruit usually doesn't redden like that until
> November. (Global warming, maybe?)
>
> Holy cow, I love it here.

i'd love the sunshine and moderate temperatures, but
as we're seeing now they're not really set up for
extended dry periods. why they've never focused on
water recycling and rainwater capture to a high degree
i don't quite get other than the fact that the imported
water was so cheap. and i'm glad to see they're doing
more work in those directions now -- they have a long
long ways to go.

i'd hate to be there stuck now with a garden and
fruit trees and no water or having to rely upon rains.

in Denver didn't they just shelve the rain water
capture issue again?

you guys sure have had the rains recently. wish
they'd shift a little west into the Colorado River
watershed to give lakes Mead and Powell a bit of a
break.


songbird