F is for Figs, Fabulous Fresh Figs

There are few pleasures in this world as delightful as eating a soft, ripe fig that you picked off a tree. It is like being kissed, slowly, gently, and deeply.

My father’s fig trees were bearing fruit while I was visiting.

Brown Turkey Fig
The fig was happily eaten soon after this picture was taken.

Lattarula Figs in Bowl
These figs were made into preserves a few days later.

Lattarula Fig Triptych