Pickles by Brian Crane for July 14, 2017

But Earl, some think you’re second-best and we all love YOU.

He’s a lazy sod.

Or, even first best.

Tomorrow is the best day to do not needed work.

When did Opal become Chinese?

Relax, Earl, I planted 2 apricot trees 4 years ago & a year ago there were 2 fruit on one of the trees & nothing from the other. I must say that the have both taken off & grown larger this year. Maybe next year

I agree with that proverb. The White Pines I planted 40 years ago are roughly 70 feet tall now. But I suppose Earl doesn’t feel like waiting for apricot trees too tall to harvest.

If they actually want fruit they’ll need two apricot trees of different varieties. Perhaps that’s why he’s dragging his feet.

Just push the stone into the ground and wait.

I wanna be 13th best.

Not lazy just old!

Just a procrastinator. If he was that way with eating he’d be 20lbs lighter.

Can’t Opal dig a hole? It ain’t rocket science!!

I would love a big tree in my garden when I get my own place.

xxx

Is there a prize for second place winners? In the Olympics you get a silver medal for second place.

A neighbor of mine planted a pomegranite tree when she was 88 a few years ago—after all, why not?—and shared about 15 pomegranates with her friends two years later and hopes to live to share more this fall. And the next. And…