Small Milestones as the Year Turns

There was an apple I wanted to know more about. So, last September, I asked about it at the orchard's store.

That's when it happened.

"There's this website," the woman behind the counter told me, apple fan to apple fan. "Adam's Apples."

That had never happened to me before. It was kind of cool.

I stopped at another orchard in September. On the table there, laminated in plastic, were printouts of reviews from this blog.

I hope those printouts helped to sell more apples, and made the orchard more fun for visitors.

More Apples

Meanwhile, some of you sent me apples, mostly mysterious ones. Thank you all!

True, I couldn't identify most of them (sorry!), but didn't I get a few right? I think so.

All in all I added 15 apples to my opinionated catalog last year, passing a 300-apple milestone (currently 302). That's worth a celebration: wassail!

My last apple of 2019 is one of seven varieties included in a trove from the Midwest. I got those just before the Solstice.

Pure and Harmless

On December 2, a butterfly flapped its wings on Twitter, and this blog was temporarily popular.

One online comment: "It's like a blog from a bygone era of pure harmless internet fandom and passions."

Traffic is back to its seasonal norm here (not a lot of readers in January), but the comments have been exceptionally lively this winter.

That is the best thank you possible from you, dear readers.
Wassail to you in 2020!