Persimmon
I never bought a persimmon before in my life, but when I went to the grocery store with a friend today and we came upon a display of persimmons, I just had to take one home.
The check-out girl said, "So what is this, some kind of tomato?"
Me: "No. It's a persimmon."
C-O girl: "What do you do with it?"
Me: "I don't know."
Friend:"She's going to paint it."
C-O girl: "Paint it? What do you mean paint it?"
Me: "You know - paint it - as in a still life."
C-O girl: "Couldn't you just get a tomato or somethin'?"
My friend thinks this is hilarious because she saw how crazy I went over the display of persimmons. You had to be there.
Persimmon "art" coming soon. This photo was all I could manage tonight.
1 comment:
Cath, I know what a persimmon is. It was very much a part of my family's Holiday Tradition. We were always trying to fin some we knew who had a persimmon tree. Many time we would find a tree along the roadside and pick them up. The riper the better. It's a little like mushroom hunting. Next time we are together I can tell you some stories of persimmons. It is a southern Indiana
tradition.
Cathy Cohen
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