I am always in love with gorgeous summer fruit when it becomes available. A good peach brings a tear to the eye…
I was at a small local market recently that had baskets of different varieties of peaches available, all from local farms. If you want to make me smile, just show me something as gorgeous as that! Even if I’m not feeling so great, a sight such as that will always make me smile.
I actually ate a peach that I had never even heard of before from that bounty! This was a real treat.
There is a variety with white and pink flesh, that has pink dots on the skin. It is called the “snow gem” or ” snow giant”. What a delicacy. I have seen white peaches that have some pink in them before, but this one really seemed quite different.
But one of my favorites is from Frog Hollow Farm of course… home of the perfect peach, an inspiration to my soul. I think I actually cried when I first tasted the perfect peach, fresh picked, and grown organically after many years of not having one. (I lived in Hawaii for 10 years and trust me, peaches were not the fruit of choice in the tropics as you can only imagine! Of course, I would not have complained.)
I know, I get excited about a good piece of fruit.
Well, that is really the good stuff in life. The simple, real, good stuff for me.
I think of my mother who grew her own vegetables on the big Island of Hawaii for so many years, and her phone calls to tell me about the beet, or kale, or basil she had just picked and eaten… She would describe the “high” from this life giving fresh food that one can only understand after eating such a food for oneself.
I invite you to go explore your local produce isle or farmers market today! Go have fun with whatever you find. Perfection is found in appreciating a good thing.
Bon Appetite!
