Apple Blossom Time

Our house on Whidbey Island is almost finished at long last, and we will be moving in mid-June. In the side yard of our house stand four very old fruit trees -- three apples and one pear. I believe they were planted when the house was built in the early 1960s. They had not been pruned for many, many years, and they looked sad.

A couple of months ago, a friend who works for our construction company offered to prune them before the spring blossoms came. They really needed a haircut and now they look positively spiffy. When I was at the house early this month, I noticed that the apple blossoms were out. What a beautiful sight!

It is amazing how this world works. Gardens will produce abundant crops if you tend them. Fruit trees will bear food for many people if you look after them. They don't ask anything in return except our attention.

I expect that, when we get to Whidbey, we'll have lots of food to share.