Honeycrisp Apple Season is Upon Us

It's a long ten months without Honeycrisp apples, but, alas, the end is near. After discovering this variety last year, and looking longingly for them in every produce section throughout the world, for an entire year, I had my first Honeycrisp apple sighting today at my local grocer. My reunion with these apples brought a calm over my whole body. I held the apples gingerly in my hands, with reverence and anticipation, as I paid for my order. I felt complete. These are the best. apples. ever. Oddly, Honeycrisp apples are from a favorite Midwest destination, Door County, Wisconsin. Wisconsin? Yes. While growing up in Chicago, I ventured to Door County frequently. It's a beautiful part of the U.S. Honeycrisp apples are a relatively new variety. They were developed from a Macoun and Honeygold cross (the Honeygold itself a cross between the Golden Delicious and Haralson). The first trees were planted just north of Sturgeon Bay. Discover a Honeycrisp apple this season, and you will find yourself eating an apple a day for the next two months. Then, you will find yourself longing for September.

The More Things Change

The more they stay the same.  Or something like that.  It's been years since we visited Sanibel Island, probably 16 or 17.  Bill used to frequent the island annually, for many years, from the Midwest.  In fact, most people we have met this week are from the Midwest, mostly Michigan (which was clearly evident from the NCAA support). Hurricane Charley took it's toll on the island in 2004.  The tree canopy over Periwinkle Way is gone, there is a new toll bridge, and Cheeburger, Cheeburger is in a new location, but that's it for the changes.