I thought I'd get us started on a trip down memory lane.
I remember loving this peach tree. I was never a good tree climber, but I could get into this tree so I thought I was pretty cool. It had the perfect horizontal branch to sit on. I have now learned from my fruit tree pruning class that horizontal branches should be removed in a tree's early years, so my poor children will never have a perfect branch for sitting. I remember playing barbies in the tree with Kim Griggs and there was a smallish dead branch I could hang on. I also remember that Dad cut it off and I cried--over a dead branch. I need to remember that when I'm stunned that my children are crying over the loss of, oh, let's say a kids meal toy. I cried over the loss of dead wood. But lest you think I thought this peach tree was perfect, I also remember going out with a paper grocery bag and having to pick up the gross, fallen, decomposing peaches off the ground. Totally not fantastic. I can't wait to send my kids out to do the same!
Other things of note:
Do you see the pink barbie case on the ground? It started as Stacey's, then I claimed it and now my own daughters use it for their barbies. Mattel made some quality stuff back then.
Why is the ground torn up you ask? The back of the original photo says that dad was putting in the sprinkling system.
And can you see the blue spruce in the background?
Have you really looked at my outfit? This copy doesn't quite capture the true awesomeness of the real deal. Those are red flowers on my pants and if I look really closely I think my shoes are green. Actually I would like those green shoes now. You can click on the picture to get a much more enjoyable, close up view of me and my loveliness.
Do you have any memories of the peach tree?
I haven't pruned my trees yet this year. Maybe I won't prune off this offending branch. It looks like a potentially perfect sitting place to me!
LeeAnn,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the peach tree post. That tree was supposed to be a miniature peach tree. It grew larger than I anticipated. It had the best tasting peaches ever, and easy to get to when I bottled fruit. (Long gone now) We weren't the only ones that enjoyed that fruit. The mailman loved it. The tree took alot and gave alot. Good memories. The tree in the back was so small Mark could jump over it. Once he missed and broke a branch or two off. It had an empty space if you looked hard where that happened. That became one big tree. We thought at one time (about the time we moved) of calling whomever and seeing if they wanted it for the Christmas tree at the capitol building. Now it's gone.:( Thaaanks for the Mem or ies. do do dodo do do etc.