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flac  ·  2681 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 26, 2017

Everything in my life right now is great, with one exception:

this fucking crab apple tree that is positioned right over my roof.

There are no fewer than 100 crab apples scattered throughout my yard at the moment, which in and of itself would not be a problem; it's how they get there that is driving me insane.

Every time there is a strong wind, I hear a heavy thump on the roof, some rolling, and then something hitting my chain link fence. It's woken me up the past 4 nights because I keep thinking someone is outside my house or something. The first night I couldn't connect the sound to the apples, so I was getting really paranoid. Now I know what it is, but it seems that this is just the beginning - whole lot of apples left on the tree...





thenewgreen  ·  2681 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is one of those things that seems funny and light hearted in nature. ...UNLESS it's happening to you.

Sleep is important. I been going months now without enough and recently resolved to fix this.

flac  ·  2681 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Luckily, I'm starting to build up a sort of immunity to the sound, so it's getting a bit better. Still, I wish there was at least something I could do with the fallen apples .

thenewgreen  ·  2681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
kleinbl00  ·  2681 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I grew up with a crab apple tree. We made jelly.

It was as if someone made beautiful, home-made cherry jelly that tasted like brass pickles.

thenewgreen  ·  2680 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I laughed out loud when I read "brass pickles."