Cherries and Cherry Pits

Yesterday was my day off. I spent some of it at Orchard House, where we also have a small orchard, and the fruit is ripening.

Orchard House was a property I purchased to help house the interns who work with Bow. It has 4.6 acres and is beautifully landscaped. Here are the red roses at Orchard House. If you want to see the pink roses that bloomed there earlier, try my other blog. 

At Orchard House, there is a wooden deck where people can sit outside and survey the property from a high vantage point.

The Orchard House Orchard orchard is smaller than the one I have at my house, but it still impresses me every time I go to take a look. Nobody is tending these trees, and yet they bear fruit.

This is the Orchard House apple tree. This year it looks to be very fruitful

There are also two small pear trees.

Very small trees, but pretty large fruit.

There are amazingly two grape vines, as well.

Nobody has tended them, so they look pretty wild.

 But if you look closely enough, you can see that they are trying to bear fruit.

Back at my house, some of the cherries are ready for picking. So Teyman and I went for a walk last night and I picked them.

Sword and I had some of these cherries last night for a snack.

 This morning, Bow partook of them also. I don't like for Bow to swallow the pits, so I made a deal with him. I give him the next cherry when he gives me the last  pit.

 This system seems to work pretty well.

Savoring the Moment

As I mentioned today in response to a comment, the one thing Bow is not so good at is saving some for later. He does, however, excel at savoring the moment.

Take this morning's grapes, for instance.

Bow was presented with a lovely bunch of grapes, and he was happy.

He took great delight in his grapes.

Sometimes, he briefly paused to contemplate the treasure that he held in his hands.

But it was too good to just look at. It had to be sampled and savored.

Sadly, with every bite he took, the number of remaining grapes diminished.

Why, oh, why can't we eat our grapes and have them, too?

In the end, there was nothing left. But Bow continued to savor the memories.

In life, there are those who truly know how to enjoy the moment, like Bow. And there are others, like me, who make sure that there are also grapes left over for tomorrow.

We each play our part.