tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293045.post6955463559733949750..comments2024-03-23T03:58:58.035-07:00Comments on It Occurred To Me: Autumn TraditionsHale McKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02548008024457474809noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293045.post-75894749386969691762008-10-03T21:01:00.000-07:002008-10-03T21:01:00.000-07:00Christina,I guess that makes us even - I've never ...Christina,<BR/><BR/>I guess that makes us even - I've never been grapefruit picking.Hale McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548008024457474809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293045.post-31601972273786004062008-10-03T21:00:00.001-07:002008-10-03T21:00:00.001-07:00Skunk,Worse still - it was only one bus.Skunk,<BR/><BR/>Worse still - it was only <B>one</B> bus.Hale McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548008024457474809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293045.post-65977641601023696802008-10-03T21:00:00.000-07:002008-10-03T21:00:00.000-07:00Nankin,For a family with kids, apple picking is a ...Nankin,<BR/><BR/>For a family with kids, apple picking is a fun thing to do. Then later you get to reap the rewards, especially the pies.Hale McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548008024457474809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293045.post-13532144121517764682008-10-02T18:26:00.000-07:002008-10-02T18:26:00.000-07:00Never went apple picking - sounds like fun. When ...Never went apple picking - sounds like fun. When I was little we had a grapefruit tree in the backyard and the night before the first hard freeze of the winter we would go out and pick all the fruit off the tree. So grapefruits have always made me think of winter since then...Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073646442944475928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293045.post-7131443515998053552008-10-02T07:18:00.000-07:002008-10-02T07:18:00.000-07:00Yep...'twas a fall tradition in Iowa, too. Now, w...Yep...'twas a fall tradition in Iowa, too. Now, when an apple tree drops an apple and we callously pick it up, we can be sued by a UN panel for plant rights, since the apple "belonged to the Earth", and what right did WE have to take it?<BR/><BR/>Which brings me to: what's worse than a busload of lawyers going over a cliff? An empty seat or two on the bus... ;)Skunkfeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563552997319253167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10293045.post-25121777742356548392008-10-02T07:11:00.000-07:002008-10-02T07:11:00.000-07:00I remember picking apples when we lived in Illinoi...I remember picking apples when we lived in Illinois. There aren't many orchards in Texas. I do miss doing things like that and baking the pies afterwords.Nankinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647671062552564263noreply@blogger.com