Growing older in Puna

[Kenney]

Awie. Suddenly single is hard. No time to get used to the idea. Condolences.

[TomK]

So sorry, Julieb. I can understand how difficult this must be for you.

[TomK]

What were we talking about again?

[Kenney]

Glad I'm not he only one who needs re orienting Tom. After referring to the first page, I can tell you the subject is:
Good things and bad things about growing older in Puna.
And, sorry I didn't tell you if the lamb was fresh or frozen in Lovocore. The truth is, I couldn't remember. Just decided to wait in hopes somebody else knew. I do remember it was $14.99 #.
My excuse is, I got distracted by Kumquats. As soon as I saw them in the bin , I started thinking about eating them off my Dad's tree with him when he was alive and my brain froze . Freezer? What freezer?

[Lee M-S]

Kenney, I get that way about cherries; my dad used to harvest, pit, and freeze cherries off his trees. He never ate them, so I'd "steal" some every time I visited. He gave me a jar of cherries in brandy once; I still had it 15 years after he died. I felt connected to him every time I saw it.

Adult Cherry Smoothie: blend frozen cherries, vodka, chocolate liqueur, half-and-half. Yum.

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[Kenney]

Aloha Lee M-S! Thanks for sharing the memory! I love Cherrys! (and adored my Dad.) I still find it difficult to give my Son all my Dad's momentous. I have several of his hand tools that I love to hold and feel close to him.

Thanks to your recollection I now have more pros about growing older.
1. I have so many wonderful memories to go over in my mind. Sometimes that's all the entertainment I require!
2. Eating and thinking about food is one of the last pleasures to go!

Your grown up smoothie sounds delicious! So does the brandy!

Now I have to figure out what to do with 60# of Jaboticaba my friend brought me yesterday. I make jelly, but that's a lot of fruit to use up. Thinking about making wine instead.

[Kenney]

Con.
I can't see the tiny letters on my I pad and often misspell and mess up punctuation!

[TomK]

Kumquats? I had to look that up! Never heard of them until today.

I guess this is good thing: no matter how old you are, you can still learn something new every day, and the older you are, the more you've learned. If you can remember the lessons of course...

[oink]

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Originally posted by TomK: Kumquats? I had to look that up! Never heard of them until today.

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I have a tree in my yard that fruits fairly heavily each year. Unfortunately the birds elect to share none of them with me.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

[leilaniguy]

Hey Tom I guess W. C. Fields wasn't popular in England? There is a Youtube clip of his movie "It's a Gift" that made kumquats famous in this country. Hilarious (and not PC at all).