Sigh, the seasonal seesaw begins - your days lengthen, ours shorten. Although it is still warm here despite the shorter days. And our trees stay green all year - unless they go brown and drop branches of their own accord like the one over the road did on the weekend - water stress I think. It hasn’t rained for months.
Thanks for your delicious words, and the food inspiration.
Time flies so fast, and there is so much Substack distraction, that what might seem to you a longer space between writing days, just merges into the continuum I think, so don’t stress about a little gap. Maybe your words were empathising with your apple tree and biding their time to appear.
Apologies are never necessary - certainly not to me anyway - as the blank page can be a daunting place. Life often gets in the way of my writing, even though the majority of my writing is about said life. This week I had nothing, or perhaps too much, but either way the page stayed barren.
I am so glad the tree decided to play again. They do worry us.
Will, your words are missed when you are not here but it is not a bad thing to take a break now and then. Fall is my favorite season but Spring is a close second. I love watching life return in all its variant forms. Our grass is finally turning green again and the flower beds are blooming. I look forward to hearing more about your apple tree.
Delightful, as always. We did a similar hacking to a very old and miserable Rhode Island Greening tree and she emerged slowly (two full seasons) and much for the better. Don’t beat yourself up, just continue to do what you do best and keep writing about it. Many thanks.
Lovely post Will. I always start the recipe part of your posts thinking 'I can do that! before collapsing in a heap :)) Lots of planetary activities-most people sleeping badly, weird dreams. The solar eclipse apparently makes bees amongst other animals (er... us) especially disorientated...
I love the way you present recipes (or preparations, as the case may be): "If you took ...". It's a suggestion, a starting point, a launchpad for possibilities.
We’ve done that here many a time ! We have 3 fields of apples, cider , eating and cooking and I can honestly say your tree will be fine ! It may be knocked back for a couple of seasons but a good haircut will produce you some lovely new shoots !!
From experience if it was a plum then it’s curtains!! Well that’s what happened when I told my husband “No” when he was in the telehandler and didn’t hear me !!🫣
Sigh, the seasonal seesaw begins - your days lengthen, ours shorten. Although it is still warm here despite the shorter days. And our trees stay green all year - unless they go brown and drop branches of their own accord like the one over the road did on the weekend - water stress I think. It hasn’t rained for months.
Thanks for your delicious words, and the food inspiration.
Time flies so fast, and there is so much Substack distraction, that what might seem to you a longer space between writing days, just merges into the continuum I think, so don’t stress about a little gap. Maybe your words were empathising with your apple tree and biding their time to appear.
Apologies are never necessary - certainly not to me anyway - as the blank page can be a daunting place. Life often gets in the way of my writing, even though the majority of my writing is about said life. This week I had nothing, or perhaps too much, but either way the page stayed barren.
I am so glad the tree decided to play again. They do worry us.
Will, your words are missed when you are not here but it is not a bad thing to take a break now and then. Fall is my favorite season but Spring is a close second. I love watching life return in all its variant forms. Our grass is finally turning green again and the flower beds are blooming. I look forward to hearing more about your apple tree.
Delightful, as always. We did a similar hacking to a very old and miserable Rhode Island Greening tree and she emerged slowly (two full seasons) and much for the better. Don’t beat yourself up, just continue to do what you do best and keep writing about it. Many thanks.
Lovely post Will. I always start the recipe part of your posts thinking 'I can do that! before collapsing in a heap :)) Lots of planetary activities-most people sleeping badly, weird dreams. The solar eclipse apparently makes bees amongst other animals (er... us) especially disorientated...
I love the way you present recipes (or preparations, as the case may be): "If you took ...". It's a suggestion, a starting point, a launchpad for possibilities.
Lovely to hear from you William but never worry if life intrudes. So pleased your apple is sprouting
Dear William
We’ve done that here many a time ! We have 3 fields of apples, cider , eating and cooking and I can honestly say your tree will be fine ! It may be knocked back for a couple of seasons but a good haircut will produce you some lovely new shoots !!
From experience if it was a plum then it’s curtains!! Well that’s what happened when I told my husband “No” when he was in the telehandler and didn’t hear me !!🫣
No apology necessary.
"I love that I have the skills to do this."
Skills I wish to learn! Thankful you are sharing your experiences here.