My husband has just finished harvesting our olives . . . .he's taken them to the olive press and we now have more than enough olive oil to last us a couple of years . . . .so I'm very grateful for that.
The best olives for oil are not the big plump ones . . .those are best for eating . .. but rather the small ones. There are a lot of different varieties of trees but the majority of ours are the ones that produce the little olives for oil.
So here is my "gratitude" A photo of some small knobbly little olives . . .insignificant by themselves but when accompanied by thousands more they become something really lovely . . . . .there's a metaphor there somewhere :-)
"Gratitude"
and this is the recipe:-
Happy Tuesday everyone,
Love Teresa xx :-)
Ahhh, an olive tree (or is it a bush?), how wonderful! And even better that you can get your own olive oil from it. The way we use that at our house, we would need an orchard! ha
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo and edit!
What a lovely, sweet photo :) Thank you for sharing it and thanks for the journaling that accompanies it -- so interesting to know the process behind olive oil!
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'morning!
ReplyDeleteAwwww, lovely yummy olives! :) Nothing better that your own olive oil! :D Beautiful edit, Teresa.
Have a lovely day!
Nothing better than olive oil. Beautiful picture and edit.
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful photograph; lovely composition and gorgeous processing. your blog background is very lovely, also. thank you so much for sharing, kareninkenai {texture tuesdays}
ReplyDeletesomething you can really be thankful for... olive oil from the own yard, how great!
ReplyDeletelove your processing, beautiful photo!
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ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful image and accompanying post, Teresa! You are lucky to have your own olives. I like your metaphor, too.... so true!
ReplyDeleteLuck you to have your own olive trees! Love the subtle texture work here...beautiful!
ReplyDeletegorgeous photography, beautiful rendering . . .
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you produce your own olive oil. Love the photo of the little black olives, nice piece of information.
ReplyDeleteYour image is gorgeous and would make a wonderful label for your olive oil ~ how incredible that you produce your own!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to stopping by your blog again ♥
first time here...and great info post. my first look at the olive plant which i so love eating.
ReplyDeletetx for sharing,
Cheers,
My Third Eye
Oh my goodness, how wonderful to be able to make your own olive oil!
ReplyDeleteThis photograph is beautiful Teresa!
Lovely shot and texture, and so interesting!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, Teresa!
ReplyDeleteSuch a nice thing to have on one's property. I adore good quality olive oil. Lovely image.
ReplyDeleteHarvesting olives in Greece .... your life sounds sooooo ... idylic. Your photo is beautiful. Hope you frame some of your photos and share them.
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