Three palettes ordered, roughly two and a half sold and distributed. Today was the big Palisade peach fundraiser day. The Rotary club has been collecting sign-ups for more than a month in anticipation of this day. The peaches were delivered around two this afternoon, straight from the orchards in Palisade, Colorado. They come 18 pounds to a case, and we split up cases in half for folks who can't make it through the 34-35 peaches in a case before they go bad. We are pretty sure that our $45 a case ($2.50 a pound) might just be the best price in town, especially for a fundraiser.
In years past, I have purchased full cases, sometimes two at once. I'm fairly certain I still have some in the freezer that date back to the before times. I didn't make as many fruit pies in winter as I told myself I would. This year I was much more circumspect. I bought a half case, and no more. Yes, the only picture I took today was me at the end of the evening, making a goofy face for the family chat to tell them "whoops, more peaches."
I was assigned the job of taking the money and checking people off the sign-up list. Once we were having our after-action discussion at the end of the process, we came to the conclusion that might be technically two jobs. It definitely got a little frantic when multiple people were thrusting cash at me at once, and saying a name and walking off. Yes, I got cranky out loud at people I love dearly. After I said (two or three times) that accuracy was more important than speed, people took the extra four or five seconds to let me mark the list and provide change before the next handful of money appeared in front of me.
And now I have delicious peaches and intentions of pies, and of feeding fruit to two darling children. Will it happen? Dunno. Hopefully.
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