Here and There

[Ed Hurst]

Fog floating over Draper Lake on a bike ride.
   

Oddly, persimmons are ripening very early this year. Normally it requires a frost, but we haven't had one. A few of these are edible.
   

Sand mining pit -- this destroys some of our best farmland.
   

[jaybreak]

Dishes with persimmon must be a regional thing, because I hardly see them. Would like to try someday.

[Ed Hurst]

They are all seed (8 think) and there's very little flesh left after you get them out, but they are quite tasty. It was a major source of seasonal nutrition of the various native tribes here going way back in time. And today you can find the seeds in deer droppings.