The strange weather conditions of this year have left the orchard looking bedraggled and bewildered. The spring cherries were waterlogged and the Maytime plums annihilated by hailstorms, now the apples, usually so abundant and wholesome, are rain-damaged and fast being eaten by wasps and hornets. There is , as always a silver lining for someone. The dogs between them have already consumed sufficient windfalls to make apple tarts enough to feed an army. Although I was vainly hoping to find enough amongst the dwindling remainder to make one ‘tarte aux pommes’ I did at least find enough to take a few photos before all is lost for another year……….
View from a French Hillside 
beautiful shots
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Many thanks! So glad you like them.
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As always…amazing, really gorgeous pics!
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Many thanks indeed permacooking, much appreciated! Not sure they’re very appetising this year but I’m going to attempt a ‘tarte aux pommes’ may even post the results!
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A fine clutch of photos M de M………Is that a handful of English Russets or some Gallic impersonators ❓
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The golden apples are apparently ‘Canada’ and we haven’t the faintest clue as to the identity of the others – I could always bring them in for questioning I suppose 😎 give them a good grilling 😕
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Oh NO!
She’s off again……. 😦
Just subject them to half an hour of your infantile wordplay and, I guarantee, they will crumble……
That’s all you’re getting from me on the subject…In fact that’s’ya’lot…(S’ya’lot/Charlotte…ha ha….Apple Charlotte….Yes?… No?…Oh dear…back to bed……zzzzzz)
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Don’t worry sh, I will ‘appley desist from any more juvenile wordplay on this subject, I think I need to work on my jokes – I’ll get my coat – it’s a Mac 😀
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Groan………
😯
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I’ll see your groan 😮 and raise you a 😛 , I can be adult about these things…..
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The woman’s insane……You can’t bet with bloody emoticons!
Show me the money…
😎
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Money? What’s money? No sorry, this is my final offer 😛
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Shpics storms from the table………
Grrr.
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HaHa ! I knew I had you on the run with that one …… 😈
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Anyway…..haven’t seen you over at my pages…
Too busy spending your winnings?
😦
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Posted again sh? Thought you were on holiday – I’ll go look now…….. sound of footsteps f a d i n g a w a y…
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I like your space bar technique….very effective.
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Yeah but what about my carefully considered comments? ❗
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Ah you noticed……..
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I just replied to your reply to my reply
!! 😀
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But I haven’t replied yet..?? ❓
Have we been through a temporal shift?
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Most definitely- temporal shift, that explains it, so now this is a pre reply to the reply I haven’t yet replied with – cool! I mean ‘chouette’ ‘Yo Barn Owl!’ which of course you will understand from the previous pre-reply….
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I haven’t a clue what you’re talking about…….(But maybe I will)
Have you got any apples at your place?
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iPad, iMac that sort of thing ?
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I despair…
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