A Fruitful Detour

Every time we drive a few miles up the road from my son’s home in San Jose to shop at Lunardi’s Supermarket in Los Gatos, we pass a little orchard with simple signs announcing that fruits – lemons, persimmons, walnuts – are on sale.

Yesterday, for the first time ever in the several years that we've done this drive, we decided to stop and take a look at what was being offered.

There’s nothing formal about the set-up: It’s simply baskets of fresh fruit and a table of dried fruit packages sitting on a porch.

It’s run by the honor system, according to a printout posted on the wall. The fruits are priced (4 of this for a buck, 6 of that for a buck, a bag of dried stuff for a buck ‘n a half) and there’s a box where you can leave the money to pay for your purchases.

“This is perfect to write about in my blog,” I exclaimed, while the wife went about selecting some fruit (we bought some persimmons). I whipped out my trusty camera and snapped some pictures of fruit and a couple of trees.

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