Grandma Bay gave Jon and I about a thousand apricots from her tree and I have been really busy the past few days trying turning them into culinary masterpieces! So far I've made 17 jar of apricot jam (which turned out to be scrumdiddlyumptious), 8 jars of canned apricots (which were my first attempt at canning ever, so I'm proud of them) and one batch of freezer jam. And then the very best part-- several trays of dried apricots. But I ran into a bit of problem trying to dry the apricots- because the trees by our house are full of birds and I was afraid they would try and eat them. So I created the APRICOT MONSTER to protect them, and so far he has done a wonderful job -- even though I think my neighbors think I am loopy.
We still have alot of apricots left that are going to morph into fruit leather and more jam. So if anybody wants some-- let me know-- but you might just have to wrestle the APRICOT MONSTER to get some-- so ask at your own risk :)
Grandma Bay gave Jon and I about a thousand apricots from her tree and I have been really busy the past few days trying turning them into culinary masterpieces! So far I've made 17 jar of apricot jam (which turned out to be scrumdiddlyumptious), 8 jars of canned apricots (which were my first attempt at canning ever, so I'm proud of them) and one batch of freezer jam. And then the very best part-- several trays of dried apricots. But I ran into a bit of problem trying to dry the apricots- because the trees by our house are full of birds and I was afraid they would try and eat them. So I created the APRICOT MONSTER to protect them, and so far he has done a wonderful job -- even though I think my neighbors think I am loopy. 
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Hooray! You are back in the blogosphere! Hope all is going well. I love your photos and facebook pictures too. We will see you soon.
Nathan
PS (Nice use of the British excentric instead of the American eccentric; I had to look it up because I thought it was misspelled)
I like the monster! All of the apricot products look delicious.
I read this article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19905377/ regarding breast-feeding in Africa. I thought you might be interested in reading it because of your project last summer. Also, I wanted to discuss it with you when I am in Utah in a few days. Sorry, I don't have your email address.
And there are more of those apricots where they came from...
Your jars of fruit are beautiful.
Ummm...Your food storage is artistic as well as absolutely delicious, darling. After seeing your canned goods on the shelf in your basement this Fall, I want to start shopping at your house ")Love, Mommy
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