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How did you know we just each finished a well chilled bowl of our own fruit salad? The very answer to these days of heat and humidity.

Yes it is!

When I was going through all that with the cancer it was during summer. The only things I could seem to keep down were tomatoes and watermelon.. so for months that's all I ate..

That's the kind of thing that can turn you off to them for a very VERY long time.

I still like those.. but I hate Jolly Ranchers.. when you get chemo they make you suck sour candy almost 24/7 to keep it from accumulating in your salivary glands. I really liked Jolly Ranchers so that's what I got.. Now they make me just thinking of them..

It may seem sacriligeous to some, the only thing I have permanently lost tast for is desserts.

When I was growing up, dessert might be something with a Sunday supper, every 4, 5 or 6 weeks. I landed at our "boot camp" and found sweets on offer with breakfast, lunch AND supper. I kinda over-did it, I guess, because now it's a rare wedge of pie that I'll have. The rest is just of no interest.

I'm not much on sweets anyway.. pastry and candy is rarely something I have.. more frequently my 'something sweet' is fresh fruit.

Yep, ... Any time of the year, if I've a craving for cool and tasty in the evening, a handful of seedless green grapes, or a largeish orange ... Serves in so many ways.

I went to the farm stand today and bought some fresh for dinner.. plus I bought peaches, nectarines, a watermelon and a cantaloupe.. I feel a fresh fruit salad coming on..

A few strawberries, raspberries and blueberries wouldn't hurt either.

Oddly, though I kinda wore out my taste for peaches when picking them as a kid, I do very much like nectarines.

I have some strawberries and blackberries I froze from the last trip.. the ones that were there this time didn't look as good..

Now that I think of it, I haven't seen any blackberries around this year. Hmmmm

Mind you, with the weird and excessive hot spells we've had, I'd not be surprised we have a lot of imported fruits. From "them" ... south of the border.

blackberries grow wild in this area.. a walk in the right part of the woods can give you a nice little cache of fresh fruit to take home..

As with my parent's home. There's a small creek runs along 2 sides of their property, and they've grown along the edge for years. Coincidentally, they are my Dad's favourites AND are in their prime around his mid-July birthday. So of course, every one of us wishing to be in his good graces would pick as many as we could find.

How's stuff with you this week, Lady?

Hi! Not a fun week... I have to get my annual cancer tests Friday which means I have to go in today and tomorrow and get shot up with stuff that makes me feel and .

How are you?

I'm good, as Mondays go. ANd I am staying very quiet, very low profile, and on MY side of the border then.

I hope that you know that if you wanna let a blast of steam, vitriol or what-ever, ... I've a good and thick hide.

Actually that was 'hot flashes'.. there's not a smiley for that.

I am ticked off at something going on on-site though. Just calming myself enough to post in a manner that won't be ed

Oh, well you can keep the hot flashes on your side of the border too. My missus has so many, that I get to share them already. Either that, or the 50% of the doctors that believe in andropause know what they are speaking of ...

And if it's the same cr@p on-line that I've seen, ... Another occurrence of the same thing, eh? And at probably the worst possible time.

Yup.. I'm sure it's one and the same.. I've tried to stay neutral but it amazes me how petty people can be. How does that constitute trying to 'make someone see reason'? It's more like kicking them when they're down. I'm really fed up with their behavior and I'm done being neutral.

There are some camps that my mere walking-past will cause major flack to fly. So I just try to be on-hand and a supportive to the friends that I know need it. And appreciate it, even if it's never spoken.

And if possible, to provide a bit of a grin on occassion ...