Tuesday, December 8, 2009

apples in the afternoon

we ate them with tea
and black walnuts cracked open by a hammer.

30 comments:

Birdman said...

Ah, the hammer. Nice touch! I like this angle you've taken here.

Kate said...

I don't know which I enjoy more...the black walnuts or the apples. But, I know that I really, really like this photo. The smell wafting up the stairs from the kitchen reminds me that my baked apple (one every morning in winter) is ready and waiting!

Elenka said...

A hammer to open walnuts....hmmmm...that would change the entire tone of the seasonal "Nutcracker" performances.

Tanya Breese said...

a great afternoon snack!

Cezar and Léia said...

onmigod, it's ART my friend!
And yummy as well! :)
Beauty to quench the thirst of good feelings within the heart and also those apples are or look very juicy! :)I imagine the sweetness of a bit of it! Believe me ... I'm salivating!
Hugs
Léia

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

Cracking walnuts open with a hammer? I hope that you have a good rock or stone around and do not leave dents in the table.

Lowell said...

That sounds good! I could do that. I'm a little afraid of the hammer though. It was hammered into my head early on that it could be dangerous to one's fingers to hammer walnuts.

Being a bit of a nut myself, I've tried hammering lots of nuts. Usually I miss and hit a digit attached to my body or a table (which usually leaves a dent), or I hit the nut squarely and it ends up with all the meat and shell smushed together in a gooey mess.

Perhaps I could join you and you could, ah... give me instructions. Or, better yet, I could just eat the walnuts. Oh, and I'd prefer coffee to tea.

Would that be OK?

Heh, heh, heh!

Stefan Jansson said...

Hammer time.

Frank said...

Walnuts and apples. That does sound fun, festive and a bit wintry.

How does Brat crack those hard shells? Now, Bratcat, that's worth a special post!!

Sharon said...

Beautiful photograph and the black walnuts comment is making me want to bake something.

cieldequimper said...

Ah, lovely! No leftovers for and apple and walnut crumble? What are black walnuts though?

Rob Siemann said...

Yes, you really know how to enjoy life!

Julie said...

Lovely light you have captured here, BC. Adds depth to the cane of the basket.

I like the thought of cracking open black walnuts with hammers. As a child, after our main Christmas meal, my brothers and I would sit on the kitchen steps and crack open nuts from our papier mache "Santa coming down a chimney". One of us used the nutcracker, another a hammer and the third had to resort to a brick.

Anya said...

HEHE
I am just eating a apple :-)
Fruity picture !!!
Have a wonderful day
and thanks always for your lovely comments on our fun blog :-)

Unknown said...

Those apples look so delicious. I bet they are perfectly crisp and juicy! Yummy!

lizziviggi said...

I love the blue wall behind them! That sounds like a wonderful snack... and may inspire my afternoon tea today. Were they Washington apples?

Three Rivers, Michigan said...

Ohhh the crisp colorful photo of the apples paired with the poem makes my mouth water.

Three Rivers Daily Photo

Caffeinated Weka said...

Mmm, mouthwatering!

slim said...

Gorgeous saturation and selection in this image . . . my kind of snack as well.

Sharon Creech said...

I love the red and the blue and the angle of the photo.

PJ said...

I see you've been fumigating...

Apples + sunshine = a peaceful kitchen. Very sweet, BC, very sweet.

Library Jewel said...

The sunlight on the apples is lovely and warm!

Bob Crowe said...

Sounds very wholesome. You could blend it all with some rum. How about a bottle of Bacardi sticking out of that basket with the fruit?

magiceye said...

crisp and crunchy
just like the image!

VP said...

Love the daily apple but I more in the walnut business... Wonderful image, one of your best.

Unknown said...

What a beautiful composition!

Small City Scenes said...

Instant Waldorf salad--sans lettuce. YUM!! MB

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DIGITAL WORLD PAGES ARCHIVE said...

What a beautiful photo!!!

Marie-Noyale said...

The little Pleasures of life...