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Monday, September 12, 2011

Plum Picking, Part 873

Another friend mentioned to me the other day that she had some sand plums on her property that I could go and pick if I wanted to - so of course, I couldn't turn her down!

After I dropped the boys off at school, and stopped at Sonic for a drink, and ran by my insurance agent's office, I headed out her direction. I had never been to her place before, but I knew it was "out in the country" as they say around here.

It. was. beautiful.

Besides the sand plum thickets that were heavy with fruit, I found lots of interesting stuff to keep my camera busy.

Found a baby locust that actually crawled onto the back of my hand before it flew away.


Apparently all sand plum thickets are required to have an old car nearby - or in this case, in the middle of it.


There wasn't much left of this one.


It was actually pretty much buried.


The horn? From what I could tell, it was the only thing left in the engine compartment, but if you look to the left you'll see a tree growing through it.


There was lots of old farm machinery around, and I had to go and explore.


Wasn't much of a cobweb, but I still thought it looked cool.


Reminds me of a scene out of "Cars".





There were some wild sunflowers growing around the area....


....and some other kind of wildflower.



The back side of the thicket, with my bucket over there on one side. I love how I managed to get the contrail from the jet without even realizing it until just now.



So now I have some more plums to turn into jelly, but I'm not working on them tonight. I didn't pay attention to the weather and it got up close to 100 degrees again today, and I left the windows open in the house. So, it's a bit warm in here. But, it's supposed to get down to 63 tonight so I'm not going to close everything up and kill the a/c to try to cool it off. Instead, I'll just relax and do some sewing. I have a whole bunch of trick-or-treat bags that I'm trying to get done for a craft show that I'm doing on October 1, so I need to get moving on those. Maybe I'll post some pictures of them when I get a few done.

Until then, I'm going to go plant my butt on the couch and sew. Or something.
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10 comments:

  1. AmySeptember 13, 2011 at 8:17:00 AM CDT

    GREAT pictures! Just lovely. :)

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  2. Kateri Von StealSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:46:00 AM CDT

    I just love your picture posts!

    They are B-E-A-UTIFUL!

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  3. Non-Stop MomSeptember 13, 2011 at 10:39:00 AM CDT

    Thank you! I keep wishing that the camera fairy would bring me a "real" camera, but she still hasn't done it yet. But I manage to occasionally get some decent shots with my little point & shoot.

    :)

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  4. OLDLADYWITH FLARESeptember 13, 2011 at 11:57:00 AM CDT

    I LOVE ALL YOUR SHOTS. MY FAVORITE IS THE HORN AND THE PLUM. I NEVER HEARD OF SAND PLUMS.THEY LOOK YUMMY.I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAR AND YEAR. CASEY WOULD LOVE THOSE PICTURES. HE'S ALL ABOUT CARS. CASEY FROM MARES BLOG. I'VE BEEN POSTING ON HIS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.SOMEONE SHOULD TAKE THAT HORN IT'S WORTH MONEY. I HAVE ONE WITH THE RUBBER BALL ON THE END. YEARS OLD.

    GRANNY

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  5. mamamashSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:30:00 PM CDT

    I love those pics. I could smell the country air and feel the sun on my neck!

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  6. marejohnSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:45:00 PM CDT

    Oh amy, you hit the jackpot! and I'm not talking about the sand cherries...that was great too, but that old car is PRICELESS! You should change it to black and white and print it...sent the link to Casey so hope he gets a chance to stop by...I know he would love all of the pix..
    Hope you decided to just sit on the couch and ....sit!!! lol
    Thanks again for the pix...

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  7. Non-Stop MomSeptember 13, 2011 at 10:10:00 PM CDT

    Thanks everyone!

    Granny and Mare, I have been checking out Casey's blog from time to time - he has some neat stuff on there! I *love* the thistle pic that he posted today (or yesterday).

    mamamash - it was an absolutely gorgeous day!

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  8. Casey ShainSeptember 13, 2011 at 10:32:00 PM CDT

    Amy, you've found the remains of a 1941 Mercury 2-door sedan. The flathead V8 was probably plucked out of it in the '50s or early '60s for a hot rod. That engine was very popular with early customs. I love all of your field shots, the farm equipment (International Harvester is the IH logo) and your wildflowers. I've never seen that white flower before. I only really know flowers in the Northeast. I've never heard of sand plums either!
    -casey

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  9. Non-Stop MomSeptember 13, 2011 at 10:39:00 PM CDT

    Hi Casey! Thanks for stopping by!

    I really did have a "field" day (ha!) that day taking pictures - so much so that I almost forgot to pick my kid up from school! LOL I will most likely be going back at some point, since a good friend of mine owns the property.

    There's another post from a couple of weeks ago where we were picking sand plums and found another car - I believe it's a '42 Chevy, if I remember correctly. But I have pictures of that on here somewhere too.

    I had to google sand plums (or sandhill plums) when I first was offered the chance to pick them. Not being a native Kansan, I had no clue what I was doing!

    Thanks again for stopping by!

    :)
    Amy

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  10. A Mother's ThoughtsSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:11:00 PM CDT

    Your pictures are amazing!! What fun, plum picking! Glad you had a great day!

    Lynn

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