Blessings of fruit season

Organic strawberries and conventional blackberries, papaya and mango ... piled in a bowl with a little organic yogurt.
For lovely artistic arrangements you might want to check out: MinnesotaDon.blogspot.com.

According to a report in September, 2007, Prevention Magazine, food scientists at the University of California, Davis, recently found that kiwifruit grown without pesticides end up with higher levels of heart-healthy polyphenols and vitamin C than conventionally grown fruits. Nutrition to ponder.

Continuing with the little project of listing "5 things" ...
5 things I don't leave home without:

1. Digital camera
2. Cell phone
3. Little pack.. driver's license, credit card, health ins. card, $10 bill
4. Keys ... house, car, and emergency whistle
5. Pen & small Weight Watchers 1-week diary (also good for jotting down a good recipe from a waiting room magazine)

Traveling lighter these days than when I was working. Sometimes I even stuff all 5 things in my shorts pockets.
"Don't leave home without it" ... what is on your list?

Keeping on walking and running ... We two did a hot humid 4K in the neighborhood this morning. (Trees need rain so terribly.) In the afternoon we walked another 1:45 at the Mall of America.
This evening, although it is dry and pleasant, we are done for the day.
Every day is the best day of the year and we celebrate the blessings.

What is it with "5 things" ?

Well, not a partridge in a pear tree, but a whole lot more than five egrets ... I counted ten as I stood there, in a Minnesota tree just last week !

Searching the internet... all I can find is more and more lists ... and books of lists ... of "5 things". But where does the magic of 5 come from?
There were more than 5 apostles, more than 5 candles in the Menora, more than 5 commandments (no matter how you prefer to number them), 4 gospels, 7 days in a week, should I go on?

What is with 5 ? Where did it start ?

A current favorite is to name 5 things in your refrigerator. Of course if I had only 5 things in my refrigerator, I could get by on a dorm room size unit.
But OK, here are 5 things I didn't used to have in my refrigerator that I enjoy now!

1. Ripe fruit and berries, in season, even bananas and avacadoes, are delicious chilled.

2. Fresh rosemary, fresh basil, fresh flatleaf parsley, fresh thyme (have always thought dried, ground thyme was unpleasant). Fresh herbs ... so interesting that I may try to raise them by the livingroom window.

3. Fresh organic romaine, rainbow chard and broccoli (beginning to think organic may have more precious nutrients ... unless you can raise your own) Sweet potatoes ... should not be refrigerated, but they are refrigerated in the stores here, and they spoil if not refrigerated when I get them home.

4. Using parmesan, asiago, cheddar (not dyed), and blue cheese, instead of milder cheese ... because less is enough. Organic ricotta helps make alfredo-type sauces with less fat .

5. Small quantity of many kinds of nuts: almonds, brazils, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, sunflower seeds.

Thanks, Cat!

Well, guess that's more than 5. I am a possibilites person.

Dear Reader, What are your 5 things in your refrigerator?