"Pear Share"

An ACEO entry by me for the August 2011 Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC) (the theme being 'Farm').

.....A family friend has a wee hobby farm, complete with a small orchard.  Every autumn I am invited to head out to the farmstead to pick as many fresh apples and pears as I can manage.  With the bounty I prepare homemade sauce and pie filling, canning and freezing up a storm, as well as filling up my dehydrator with batch upon batch of sliced apples, all to enjoy throughout the rest of the year.  And so I brace myself -- at the time of this writing the harvest season is nearly upon us once again....