In the run-up to National Apple Day [yes! such a thing does exist], and with The National Trust offering "apple advice" and other apple-related activities all week, I think we need a song in praise of it, don't you?
Well, I think it's supposed to be about fruit (wink, wink):
I never tire of that song.
PS
NOT an apple.
The beautiful-but-annoying Black Walnut tree in a neighbour's garden, merrily shedding its leaves all over the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers.
Cox Cox Cox! I quite agree.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if he's any relation to Vashti Bunyan.
Whoooooo?! Jx
DeleteShe's a strange folk singer from the 60s, Just Another Diamond Day... Edina Monsoon sounds incredibly like her when she sings in AbFab.
DeleteI shan't rush to listen to any of her music, then. Jx
DeleteArchery is here are much the same, very vibrant and colorful. But the leaves are coming down by the buckets now.
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DeleteRegardless... autumn colours are lovely for a week or two, but I loathe this Season of Decay with a vengeance. Jx
Archery? That sound have read Our autumn. Damn word correct. How it got archery out of that is beyond me.
DeleteHee hee. I hate auto-correct, and would always switch it off. Spell-checker, fine. Auto-correct, no. Jx
DeleteI’ve never had Cox and I’d never heard this song. I’ve now listened to it four times and will have to try me some Cox... Cox Cox Cox Cox!
ReplyDeleteYou've never had Cox? I doubt that very much! 😋 Jx
DeleteI have to find the lyrics to that song because the laughter sort of drown them out! That tree is gorgeous, but then again I'm not the one who has to rake them all up! Thanks for the laughs, sweetpea! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI had a quick peruse through the interwebs, but I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere - it is a faboo number! Cheers me up every time... Jx
DeleteCox Orange Pippin. When we were kids we thought Pippin was a rude word...
ReplyDelete...and then we grew up and learned the truth.
To kids a lot of funny words sound rude! Jx
DeleteThank goodness that having five a day is practically the law!
ReplyDeleteP.S. That is a beautiful tree, but I feel your pain.
In my heyday, I exceeded legal requirements on many an occasion! 😜 Jx
DeleteBlack Walnut is the one tree one should never grow in a yard... not because of the mess, but because it hogs all the nutrients in the soil. What does your neighbor's lawn look like? Is his hedge in need of a trim? As for apples... well, let's just say I went through a period where bananas were my best friends. Kizzes.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what damage it's done to anyone else's gardens or property - and to be honest I doubt it was actually planted by humans, given the number of walnuts the squirrels bury in our pots. I suspect it originated in one of the parks around here, and a squirrel reckoned that particular garden was the perfect place for its latest stash...
DeleteSo many properties in our neighbourhood are - like ours - rented, and there aren't many tenants who'd bother to tend to a rapidly-growing weed tree (hence the reason why there are sycamores in next door's garden). Jx
I luvs Cox I do.
ReplyDeleteCox! Cox! Cox! Jx
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