It's Just Me and My Apples and Sky Watching through the trees...

The Empires are ready this week.

They are so red, they almost have a purple hue.

Pure sunshine has done wonders for their skin.

Did you know that

Quercetin is found only in the apple skin.

The skin also contains more antioxidants and fiber than the flesh.

We're eating these apples all up

~ skin and all ~

since they've never been sprayed with anything except

rain!

Some interesting facts about quercetin.

Quercetin is a flavonol that constitutes the major bioflavonoid sources in the human diet. The glycoside form is readily available in dietary plants such as teas, onions, apple and buckwheat. Quercetin is thought to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy properties. In vitro data suggest quercetin may have anti-cancer effects, but more clinical study is needed to explore this potential. No significant adverse events have been reported for this product.

It's found in teas, onions, apples, buckwheat

Research is seeking more evidence of Quercetin's help with

• Allergies
• Cancer prevention
• Cancer treatment
• Cardiovascular disease
• Inflamation

HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES!

The anticipation is great!



oh look at them all!

~ thank you God ~

...Some really good apple quotes...

"Almost all wild apples are handsome. They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at. The gnarliest will have some redeeming traits even to the eye."
-- Henry David Thoreau, Wild Apples

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
-- Martin Luther

"We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ interesting ~

Contrary to popular belief, there is no mention of an apple as the forbidden fruit in the Bible. It is referred to as "fruit from the Tree of Knowledge" with no specification as to which kind of fruit. It was Hugo Van Der Goes who first implicated the apple as the forbidden fruit in his 1470 A.D. painting, The Fall of Man. After that, it became popular to depict the apple as the forbidden fruit.

My favorite is from Jane Austen

"Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness."

Eat Apples and Be Happy
smiles to all of you
 
And please go visit  skies around the world
There's a showcase of the best sky views from around the world this week

at  Sky Watch Friday

Thank you to our hosts: 

Klaus Sandy Sylvia Wren Louise Fishing Guy

{apple info from Sloan-Kettering Institute}