September 19, 2014

  • Picking apples, climbed on sea stepladder/ The red calvilles

     

    Cueillette de pommes sur un escabeau marin
    Picking apples  climbed on sea stepladder

    16 Septembre

    English version below the pictures

    Le plaisir de cueillir des pommes par un bel après-midi de Septembre n’ a d’égal que la cueillette des cerises en Juin. Dans les deux cas vous vous retrouvez dans les branches et les feuilles, caressé par une brise légère, monté sur un grand escabeau marin , tout à fait au sommet , étirant votre corps , tenant une branche et un seau d’une main et essayant de cueillir les plus belles pommes avec l’ autre main .  Vous vous sentez des ailes et  vous êtes surpris de cette aisance retrouvée  en l’ air alors que sur la terre la marche devient pénible , et vous vous réjouissez d’être capable de pouvoir encore faire cela comme autrefois.

     

     

    SETIREMENT POUR ATTRAPER LES POMMES 2014

    UN MERLE MOQUEUR DANS LE POMMIER 2014

    Photos taken by Janine Fauquet

    The fun to pick apples in a sunny afternoon of September can be compared only to the picking of the cherries in June . In both cases you find yourself among the branches and the foliage, caressed by a light breeze at the top of a big sea stepladder, stretching your body , holding a branch and a bucket with one hand and grasping with the other hand the most beautiful apples without let them fall. . Your arms become wings and you are surprised to be so eased in the air while your walking on the ground is hard now. You rejoice to retrieve yourself like such you were in the past.

     

    Je suis certain que vous demandez pourquoi je dis de mon escabeau que  c’ est un escabeau de mer . Un peu d’imagination est nécessaire .  Vous comprendrez quand je vous aurai dit que cet outil remarquable date de 1970 et qu’il est désarticulé . J’ ai mis des vis d’ occasion comme articulation des deux moitiés. L’ écartement  assuré par les cordes est très variable .Le plateau du haut est tenu par des cordes aussi . Vous comprenez alors que cet escabeau est tout à fait souple et s’ adapte à tous terrains, pentes , bosses et trous . Le fait qu’il fonctionne si bien est  dû à l’ abondance ses cordes ici et là . Cela fait penser aux haubans d’un voilier.  Osciller sur ce grand truc souple vous donne l’impression d’être en mer en haut d’un mât .

    Comme vous le voyez , cueillir des pommes devient un art poétique  et une application des lois de la gravitation universelle . N’ ‘est ce pas en regardant une pomme tomber alors qu’il était assis contre un pommier que Newton découvrit cette loi ?

     Janine s'interrogeant sur l' escabeau marin

    Janine admire l' objet d 'art, l' escabeau de la mer.  . Une belle récolte aussi ... Janine is admiring the work of art ,the sea sstepladder . Good crop too.

    I am sure that you are asking why I call my stepladder , a sea stepladder. A wee bit of imagination is asked . You will understand when I tell you that this remarkable tool has been made in 1970 and it is completely disarticulated . I used screw to repair the articulation of the two half parts.. The separation of the two halves is controlled by ropes and is random variable. The plateau at the top is also maintained by ropes . So you understand this quite  flexible stepladder is adapting to all grounds, slopes , bumps,holes . . And if this  works so well because of the abundance of ropes here and there. This makes us thinks to the shrouds of a sailboat. Oscillate at the top of this high thing, gives the impression to be at sea at the top of a mast;

    As you see picking the apples becomes an poetical art and a scientist application of the law of the universal gravitation . Is not in watching an apple fall while he was sat under an apple tree Newton found this law?

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    UP DATE 19 Septembre

    Les calvilles rouges
    The red calvilles

    English version below the picture

     

    Après avoir récolté les  fruits du pommier ci-dessus nous avons continue hier avec un second pommier moins vieux ( 27 ans seulement ) appartenant à un autre groupe : les calvilles rouges . Cette variété de pommes est très ancienne et est connue dans l’ histoire de France depuis le XVII siècle – sous le règne de Louis XIII.

    calvilles 1

     

    After harvesting the fruits of the apple tree above we continued yesterday with a younger apple tree (27 years only) belonging to another Group: red calvilles apples. This apple variety is very old and is known in the history of France since the seventeenth century -under the reign of Louis XIII.

     

    Ah : les belles pommes rouges ! abondantes et délicieuses . On ne peut pas résister à en croquer une fraichement cueillie de l’ arbre , avec sa belle  robe seulement lavée par les pluies et rougie par le soleil .. Non seulement c’est un délice mais on peut mesurer aussi le temps comme disait Zakiah . Hé ! manger des pommes du XIiime siècle . Quel patrimoine !

    cavilles rouges 3

     Ah! the beautiful red apples! abundant and delicious. We cannot resist biting into one of them freshly picked from the tree, with her ​​beautiful dress only washed by rain and reddened by the sun .. Not only  it's a delight but time may be  also measured as Zakiah  ZSA_MD  said. Hey! Eating  apples from the  thirteenth century. What a heritage!

     

     Quand la récolte est faite Janine rentre le tout à la maison avec la brouette . les pommes seront triées  et serviront comme dessert , ou  deviendront compote ou tranches cuites à la poêle ( avec ou sans rhum ) , et tartes bien sûr. Nous pouvons  être reconnaissants devant une telle générosité .  

     janine ramenant les pommes 18 sept 2014

    When all  is harvested Janine carry the all to   home with the wheelbarrow. The apples will be  sorted and used as a dessert, or become applesauce or slices cooked in a pan (with or without rum)  and pies of course. We can be grateful to such generosity.

     

Comments (38)

  • and apparently, the ladder is stable? They are beautiful! Love the second photo of you in the tree ~ so special ~

  • Do be careful on that ladder!

  • I am glad to see the long handle on the top of the ladder to stabilize you. I have a stepladder like that, and the long handle is very helpful so I don't lose my balance. I love that you have fruit trees in your yard. I miss the apple trees we had in our yard when I was growing up. Enjoy those apples; they look delicious.

  • Hi, Michel

    Your description of picking apples on your 'rope' ladder sounds like an adventure of the sea. I pick apples on a stiff ladder and all I get out of it is apples.lol

    blessings

    frank

  • I can see the joy on your face in that photo, and hear it in your words. :-)

    and yes, I was very much wondering why it was called a 'sea step ladder'. 'Hail to ye capitan and safe sailing'. :-D

  • That does look like an interesting way to put a ladder together. Hope it is sturdy enough to do the job well!

    I went apple picking this weekend, and we got a LOT of apples - now I am planning to look up some recipes - but we picked them from very small trees, and no ladders were needed.

    • I know we can give to the apples trees various shapes and maintain their size to a resonable hight . but I always loved the large trees ,( however not too high )

  • Hey, Michel!
    How are you doing?!

    You look at home in the trees! :-) What joy you are having as you pick the beautiful apples and think about eating them! :-)

    That is one wonderful thing about September...the apples! :-)

    I like to visit a place called Julian, CA in the fall. They have some wonderful apples. :-)

    Apple-Pie-A-La-Mode HUGS!!! :-)

  • We had so many apples last year that some of the branches broke, and some of the trees died. We picked and picked and picked, and still there were lots left. This year no apples at all. At least not in our part of Indiana. Maybe next year. Enjoy your apples.

  • What a bounty Michel! Please be careful. Several years ago I had gone to visit a xangan in Vermont, and she took me apple picking. The orchard had long sticks with curved knives attached to them and we stood on the ground and cut the fruit off the branches. perhaps you should make a stick like that.
    Now I am ready to have some apple pie! :)

  • Oh yes, apples. Grew up on a fruit ranch, mostly apples...love them. It was nice to be able to pick the apple and/or pear right from the tree...........oh, such freshness. Enjoy your apples, they look so good. Now the rope ladder gives me the shutters. Hope it is safe. <3

  • My goodness Marilyn! So nice to see you. :-) Hope you are doing well. Miss you being here, and hope you might see this.

  • I love the photo of you smiling! You cheeks are apple red and round - more proof that you are one with the tree! I can almost smell the apples and the apple sauce and cider and a pie seems to be in your future and the peels will no doubt become apple jelly!

  • What lovely apples and as it has already been said, please do be careful on that ladder.
    I was curious why you called it the sea step ladder.
    Sending good vibes that you get the rest o four crop of apples picked without a fall or even a bump or bruise to you, and the apples.

  • I just love those pictures....And those apples look so delicious!!

    The ladder you use looks to be standing solid, and it even has a place for you to hang on to, if you need to....

    It's too bad, that those type of ladders are no longer made.....

  • So good to see how active you are and the info. on your ladder. The photography is beautiful, too. Blessings to you & wife. It's also great to read comments from many ID's and pics I remember.

  • Wow time for another fruit pick. Will you make apple juice?

  • Ah, Michel! You are a poet at heart.

  • Love the pictures of you and the apple tree. Our fruit trees have very little fruit this year. I think maybe last year they outdid themselves so this year they're tired. :-) It's a good thing Newton wasn't sitting under a coconut tree. :P He must have been so interested in the science of things that he just wanted to learn everything. We need people like that! I always have this picture of him in my mind on top of a tower dropping a feather and an apple.

  • Love the photo of you among your apple trees! :)

    Stay safe on that ladder!!!

    <3

  • All those apples! Especially those from the 13th. century!! They look so good!

    Your Janine is going to be busy for a while....

    What with the peeling, coring, slicing, cooking all those apples.....

    My favorite is the homemade applesauce....

  • I wish I could taste those apples! They are very beautiful. And you are beautiful smiling in your apple tree. That ladder looks very fragile to support you, but I guess in this instance flexibility comes in handy. I'm so happy for your blessings. <3

  • Apple slices cooked with rum... Now I'd like to try that. :-)

  • Those red apples are beautiful. They look Sooo Good!

  • Heirloom apples are wonderful - for the flavor and the history! Enjoy them! I'm going to have to go pick some apples soon!

  • TY so very much of your comment on my photo of Ali watching me get her medication and an update on the progress of her health.

  • TY so very much of your comment on my post and photos of Harleys coming through town.

  • Ya know I was thinking about trying to climb that tree too Michel.

  • Oh, I love hearing about your garden! Those apples are so beautiful; it reminds me of when my little boys and I used to go to a farm and pick apples. Thank you for asking about me, Michel, you are very kind. I'm doing well and am regaining strength.

  • What a great treasure to have such a legacy of these luscious apples, Michel! The fruits look so beautiful with their deep red color.
    Thank you for mentioning about my "Time" piece in your post.
    love,
    Zakiah.

  • beautiful fruit. what fun climbing the ladders and enjoying a wonderful breeze. You make your garden come alive and wonderful.
    Thank you for sharing. (I have posted 2 blogs) I just love the glimpse into a bit of your life and family.

  • wonderful Michel! 2 strong people my age makes me feel like I'm 100 yrs. old. As you know from my entries "feet on the ground" are orders from my doctor.

    As a child I climbed our apple tree to sit and eat an apple and survey my surroundings. :-)

  • Heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables have so much more flavor than the ones available in the super markets. And fresh off the tree...you make my mouth water!

  • i am so envious of u in your apple tree!! i adore apples! as a child, i devoured 3-5 apples a day! they are my favorite! ahhh i would love to pick one from a tree and eat it. i've never done that! i do love seeing your pictures and please be careful on that ladder. it's a challenge, eh? i hope it is stable! what fun and freshness to be able to pick and eat those apples! hAHA i would love one! ;-) V3

  • Such beautiful apples! Especially the red ones! I love the picture of Janine with the wheelbarrow full of apples. How wonderful to have those apples from which to make delectable desserts! :-) I am wondering about you in the tree... does that not hurt your back?

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