From Apples to Pears

Those of you faithful followers out there may remember my post several months back talking about apples and the crazy amount my family has. Well, have no fear, the hundreds of pounds of apples aren't sitting in a lonely shed somewhere--most were sold to make apple juice :-) But I'm getting off topic. Apple season is over. My first thought was that meant no more Saturday mornings spent bent over for hours gathering fruit--HA! I was quite wrong. Saturday morning, we put on our sweatshirts and grubby boots and headed out to gather--pears!


Those aren't leaves on the ground!




This one tree took us over an hour!

The job really isn't that bad although apples are easier than pears who like to hide among fallen tree leaves. I would actually imagine I'm somewhat entertaining to watch as I create an interesting variety of positions to kneel, squat, sit, and bend over in to try and avoid being to sore later on. However, try as I might, two hours of gathering pears off the ground amounts to an unavoidable amount of bending over and I can always tell on Sunday morning whether Saturday was spend gathering or not:-)

 

Unlike the warmer apple season, it is downright cold out most mornings! Although this isn't always pleasant as we begin gathering, I personally find it fun to find the pears the sun hasn't gotten to yet--the ones that have a shimmering frosty coat left over from a night that dipped below freezing.

Hopefully this post wasn't too boring :-) Pears may not seem that exciting....and don't worry, I haven't gone completely mad and am not arguing that my weekly pear gathering expeditions are the most exciting aspect of my exchange...but its definitely something I'll remember and definitely something new that I hope you have enjoyed hearing a little about :-)