A delicious autumn

It's been a delicious past few weeks. We had a warm and sunny September. Rachel brought me tomatos from a farm where she gets fresh veggies and also from her own tomato plants.  Plus I have a new neighbor (since spring) who says he has ADHD and must stay busy.  He's tending many flowers around his patio and planted several tomatoes.  At six some mornings he could be seen watering my solo hanging flower (name was never discovered), which grew abundantly with his attention. He has been giving me tomatoes too and today it was four little green ones.  I hope they'll ripen because I'm not of the southern type who liked Fried Green Tomatoes.

It's been too many years to count since I've had tomatoes that are actually flavorful and sweet. These have been, a memory from what seems a very  long time ago, actually at least 20 years.  I've also had, from the normal grocery store, very good Italian black plums -- actually ripe and sweet -- and lately some very flavorful pears. Tasteless tomatoes were so blah I have not been buying them for a couple of years.  And I positively will not buy rock-hard little peaches of plums or apricots.  I think there are people who actually do not know what a truly field-ripe tomato -- or strawberry for that  matter -- actually tastes like. 

Apparently many city born and bred young people don't actually know where milk or eggs come from. -- cartons!! And they have no idea what really fresh fruit tastes like.  I know and I've enjoyed it enormously the last few weeks.