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life is better with peaches

“Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.”  ~Alice Walker Amen.

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for the love of peaches

usually porter peach season hits its peak around mid to late july.  but because of the cool snaps earlier this spring, the peach season is lingering well into august.  and i, for one, could not be...

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well that’s just peachy

this. this makes summertime in oklahoma worth it.  the heat, the humidity, the smelly running clothes, the frizzy hair…what oklahoma summer lacks in comfort, it more than makes up for in sweet and...

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texture tuesday ~ simple pleasures

simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex ~ oscar wilde it really doesn’t take much to make me happy.  and right now, summer peaches fit the bill perfectly. not only are summer fruits...

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celebrating summer ~ summer peach frizzante

you guys. it’s been well documented here on my blog how much i love peaches.  and by now i think you know my affection for gin.  so last week as i peeling peaches to freeze, i thought to myself, “i...

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an open letter to the neighborhood squirrels

hey guys…it’s me.  you know, the lady who lives on the corner with the peach tree in her side yard? yeah….we need to talk. so here’s the thing.  i know about you and the peaches.  and don’t even try...

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peach season

peach season officially starts in march. those first, tender, sweet pink blossoms are hope of summer’s favorite fruit. after the honey bees go about their busy-ness of pollinating the flowers, tiny...

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when life gives you peaches

when life gives you peaches, you make peach cobbler of course!  and if you have some lovely friends to share it with, it makes the whole thing that much sweeter. hope your weekend was just as sweet....

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The Year With No Peaches

A few weeks ago, Tripp and I made the short drive to Porter to get some peaches. Livesay Orchard is about four miles outside of the town of Porter and sells peaches by the bushels. And because the...

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50 Stories::The Year with No Peaches

Last year Tripp and I learned a big lesson about pruning with regards to growing peaches. But I also learned a really big lesson about how important pruning is to my life as well. Like my garden, my...

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