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			Late Coming - De File Does Collecting Make You Feel Dirty?

cbertsch


	Late Coming
	Tags: everyday, holiday, home, photography, tucson, weather Current Location: 85704

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	From: duccio	Date: December 16th, 2009 01:13 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

They look good. I had some late tomatoes growing in my compost heap, but the frost came and the plant died a few days ago, while the many tomatoes were still small and green. Next year I'm going to have lots of veggies growing out back, and maybe my little orange tree will fruit.

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:01 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

That's an early -- and strong -- frost for Vallejo, no? I don't recall having much frost at all where we lived.

We did have a lemon in the front yard at 617 Napa. And the cherry 100s did well in pots.

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	From: barca_k	Date: December 16th, 2009 03:49 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

I hate tomatoes.

I hate them so much I have an entire speech I give whenever anyone offers me a tomato...

Have you ever seen the inside of a tomato-?

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	From: celebrian_3	Date: December 16th, 2009 04:37 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

hush, silly. it's just a picture. no one is expecting you to eat it . . .

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:06 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

::laughing::

I'm reminded. . .

Never mind.

;-)

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:02 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

I love them, as does my daughter. And the inside just looks delicious to me. But I understand how that sort of involuntary response works. I have my own triggers.

Meanwhile, how about those sainted ones?

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:03 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

It's easy to get depressed about the absence of real winter here, if you're someone like me who loves snow. But having tomatoes in the middle of December is one effective palliative!

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	From: alsoname	Date: December 16th, 2009 06:16 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Nice!

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:06 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Skylar got that one, but I did manage to sneak a few. I wish we'd had a better crop.

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	From: celebrian_3	Date: December 16th, 2009 04:38 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

I'm hungry for tomato now.

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:04 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Maybe there will be one or two ripe when you are here. Usually Skylar gets them all -- we had a poor crop this year, again -- but I snuck a few that were split open from being overripe. Wow!

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	From: elizabeg	Date: December 16th, 2009 06:38 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Lovely! I'm overdue in posting some pics of our chiles, which are insanely fruiting--and ripening--in December also.

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:05 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

It's time for you to be in Tucson. We have many games for which we need you to come over and play with us. Like Wizard of Oz-enhanced Life.

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	From: elizabeg	Date: December 18th, 2009 06:33 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Wow. That does sound AMAZING!

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	From: cbertsch	Date: December 20th, 2009 03:38 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

You're on!

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