FRUITFROMWASHINGTON.COM WEB-LETTER
November 2001
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Does it seem ironic that Thanksgiving falls in November and that November is also recognized as Good Nutrition Month? Well it shouldn't if our Thanksgiving meal is just that, a meal to celebrate community, family togetherness and the blessings of plenty rather than an opportunity for all of us to gorge ourselves silly!

New on our webpage of Graces, Blessings, Toasts, and More —
“Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire
To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire;
Blest that abode, where want and pain repair,
And every stranger finds a ready chair;
Blest be those feasts with simple plenty crowned,
Where all the ruddy family around
Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail,
Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale;
Or press the bashful stranger to his food,
And learn the luxury of doing good.”
- Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveler

You probably eat and sleep fairly well, except when your schedule gets hectic. When you get really, really busy at home and at work, when you have to pick up and drop off kids, or run countless errands and do seemingly endless chores that keep you rushing from the minute that the morning alarm goes off to the minute you drop exhausted into bed with your last thought being one of desperation that it will only be a few short hours until the morning alarm goes off again (whew!), it's time to take control of your life! How? Start with better eating! Take the 5-a-Day challenge (it's not just one more thing you have to do, and we're not just pushing fruit here, really). As a start to dealing with stress, eating better helps. (See these easy "5 A Day" tips outlined on this nutrition site link, then read "Stress and Nutrition" by Karen Collins, M.C., R.D. for the rest of the scoop.)

We can't resist this final bit of poetry as summer's long garden season ends and winter advances upon us. See more on our webpage of quotes of a fruitful nature!

What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
- Andrew Marvell, Thoughts in a Garden

Holidays are swiftly approaching! Think Fruit From Washington for mail order gift boxes of Washington grown apples and pears. It's not too soon to start planning your holiday gift list, whether personal or business, of Fine Fruit and Classic Redwood Furniture from FruitFromWashington.com. We consider your order as our most important one!

If your business is considering sending gift boxes of fruit to customers, clients or employees during the holiday season, you'll find more information on our Corporate Gift Giving page.

See our Customer Satisfaction and Order Fulfillment policies and read our other customers' comments on FruitFromWashington.com's great products and service!

Special Days in November: All Saints Day Election Day Veterans Day Ramadan Thanksgiving

The FruitFromWashington.com Archive Feature of the Month Eat fruit - be healthy Federal Art Project, ca. 1938. (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, WPA Poster Collection, LC-USZC2-5301) The FruitFromWashington Archive Feature metaphorically blows the dust off of an image or document from our past and brings it to the light of day for a new audience to see. Click For more harvest archive materials.

If you haven't visited the Fruit From Washington Still Life Gallery lately, we now feature links to additional trompe l'oeil fruit still lifes by Margaretta Peale, Sanford Robinson Gifford, George Forster, and David Johnson. Urban brings an orchardist's perspective to David Johnson's still life titled, Three pears and an apple. He writes, "That is some realistic looking fruit. Looks like bitter pit on the apple caused by a calcium disorder. There was probably a lot of vegetative growth on the tree that he picked it off of. Must have been a cold spring and froze out most of the fruit on the tree. The red pear looks pretty ripe!" (Click for the link to David Johnson's realistic still life of Three pears and an apple grown under less than ideal circumstances). Also look for lithographs by WPA/New Deal artists Wanda Gág and Emil Ganso on our Gallery webpage. Wanda Gág is fondly remembered by us for her wonderful children's book titled Millions of Cats.

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