I forgot to tell you the highlight of my summer this year, which was when I got 10 pounds of freshly picked blueberries. For free!
This is how it came to be – my daughter has a friend whose mom is a friend of a certain nice lady who lives next to a blueberry farm that happened to be undergoing a bank foreclosure.
Tons of blueberries were there, unpicked and unappreciated, basically just wasting away.
So the nice lady invited her friends over, to go on a blueberry-picking adventure, and told the invitees to invite more people. We were those more people.
It was a blazing hot July afternoon, but who would even consider declining such an invitation?! We were lucky to be invited.
We went, and we had a grand time. Ten pounds’ worth of blueberries grand time, exactly.
Naturally, I froze most of them. So, in addition to purple cabbages, my fridge is also bursting with blueberries. I guess we’ll be having lots of purple food for a while.
Incidentally, when summer was over, we found out that the nice lady’s husband ended up being my daughter’s English teacher.
The moral of the story is – it takes a lot of coincidences to be able to get a lot of free blueberries.
From last week’s fiesta:
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That blueberry bonanza is awesome!
Yeah, totally. Especially since the birds stripped my backyard blueberries clean! I didn’t even get a single fruit!
These look so delicious, especially the caramel apple one…Y.U.M!!! x
I love the apple mimosa, too, Becky. Perfect for fall!
hi Angie
The blueberries look amazing! I am sorry about the foreclosure but am glad you picked the blueberries, what a treat!
Speaking of treats, thank you so much for featuring my mackerel! Whenever we had fish at home it was basically mackerel, cod, salmon or pickled herring! I have since widened my repertoire somewhat discovering that I don’t eat all fish at all! ha ha
Have a lovely weekend and thank you for hosting us all! x
Am also happy to co host Nov 1 or 8 if I can arrive a bit late, on the Sunday if you still need a co host 🙂 x
Yes, please. You can have Nov 1. I’ll be your cohost if no one else volunteers. Thanks, darlin’ ?
Hello Angie
it’s a date, sorry for late reply! x
Great! Your cohost is Jhuls@The Not So Creative Cook. I’m looking forward!!
hi Angie
Brilliant! Am looking forward to it 🙂 xx
I know, right?! Too sad about that farm not making it, since those blueberry bushes were loaded. We picked as much as we could, but there were still tons left. Your mackerel actually did make me crave fish. Mostly we eat cod or salmon, too. Sometimes Mahi-mahi. I love cod the most. We’ve been trying to add fish regularly in our meal rotation, at least once or twice a month. So far nobody complains ?
Thank you for hosting a GREAT party. I’m looking forward to visiting links over the next few days. I hope you’re having a WONDERFUL week.
Thanks, Tamy! Let me know if you see links you absolutely love. You can help me select features ?
All those purple things are so good for you, full of antioxidants.
Happy fall Angie. This is my favorite time of year.
You’re so right, Liz! Last week, though, the leftover cabbage rolls left a distinct smell in our fridge ? I’m loving the weather, too. I’m hoping it’ll last for a while.