π yogurt. βWho the hell eats yogurt? I need coffee.β
βGive me π es and oranges, I can tell the difference.β Old Spice and cigarettes, a particular smell you never forget, lay heavy on his clothes. He gave me an observant eye. βIβd say youβre more like a π.β
Sadly Alexis could not make it with the biscuits and gravyβLike I was a stranger, someone who just happened to stay for coffee and donuts on Sunday, someone you talked to about the π harvest or water shortage.β βThe half pint of π brandy Iβd hidden under the seat went down too fast, half-gone before Iβd even passed the Sunny Acres sign. β βOversized and Spanish in style, its π color and standard terra-cotta rounded tiles on the roof were meant to persuade you it belonged in the neighborhoodββ I had no idea how long we walked. Lorraine, in a predictable π gathered skirtββNow, π es with their round globes hung inside the orchardβs green treesβ βTrunks and boxes and shelves of canned πes and dill pickles, everything old or homemade or hand-me-down.β Julie Becky and Loraine
βAlmond blossoms in February. Every February. You know itβs that time of year when you see them. And π es at roadside stands in July,β I said. βPeaches and the smell of π es. Every July, that smell and that tasteβjuice running down your chin. We donβt get them all year long, so it means something.β
Section in Vermont where the AT trail and the Long trail intersect near Killington, VT
βI went to my sixth-grade dance in a frilly π dressβ
βI donβt know how I would have endured being myselfβa girl-monster in a π dress, the only female in the law enforcement training program, the one who left Ma behind in Massachusetts even though I knew she depended on me, the lady warden eating solo at the two-top.β
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Our awesome hostess. Thanks for the field trip scavenger hunt!Sparrow cookies!Some additional matchesOr a handy fire starter! Hey! Whatβs up with that label! Thanks for the earrings!
βShe liked to sit in the fruit stand and talk to the people who stopped to buy π and jam. β
βGenerations of Nelsons had cleared the trees and planed the boards and pulled out the roots and the enormous rocks and planted the orchard. They looked after the cherries and the apples, the πes and pears.β