Pink Lemonade Blueberries

 

Pink Lemonade Blueberry

I have four blueberry bushes, all growing in planters.  Three of them produce regular, blue colored blueberries and are quite prolific.  The fourth bush, which is the newer bush, is a variety of blueberries that turn pink when ripe and is called Pink Lemonade. Last summer, which was the first year the bush bore fruit, the Pink Lemonade blueberries ripened later in the summer when it was very hot and the berries were parboiled by the sun.  They didn't taste very good and we were disappointed.  This year, the bush didn't produce many flowers and only four berries formed!  This is one of them and the first one to ripen.  I picked it on Friday and ate it.  It tasted very sweet and delicious.  On Saturday, I picked another ripe berry and gave it to M to try and he, too, pronounced it to be sweet.  There are two more Pink Lemonade blueberries ripening and I hope to pick them in the next day or two.  I do hope that next year, this plant will produce more Pink Lemonade blueberries.

Today, Sunday, I changed the sofa dust sheets (old bedsheets that I use to cover the sofas to keep Dancer's fur off the upholstery) and washed them, along with a couple of towels I use to line Dancer's carrier, etc.  Then, I cleaned my bathroom and mopped the floor.  Cleaned the kitchen a bit, too (wiped down the counters and stove top, took out the kitchen scraps to the compost pile in the garden, did the dishes, etc.)   

Today, I am grateful for:

- Working appliances 
- Electricity and gas to operate them
- Fresh produce from the garden
- Phone calls and emails from family and friends
- Warm, sunny days

Today's joyful activity was spending some time in the garden.

Plans for tomorrow (Monday) include:

- Go for my lab test
- Clean out the fridge
- Take the trash cans to the curb
- Water the garden
- Meal plan
- Pay bills

How was your Sunday?  What are your plans for Monday?