Pear Picking

Last year my cousins on my mom's side came to visit. I hadn't seen them before that in like 20 years. Crazy!

My mom invited them up again this year and we did more pear picking.

It was a hot one, but it was super fun. 

Me, along with the rest of the Asian population in Rochester, got to the pear farm early Sunday morning. 

It was supposed to be 90 degrees that day, so I wanted to get there early. That and I knew if we waited too long, the big pears would be picked over.

FYI - I carried all of this (47lbs) by myself alllllll the way from the orchard to the parking lot. Without stopping.

My mom, so cute. 

The pears are simply delicious. 

The farm is run by this half Asian guy, who is constantly yelling at his mom and dad. And who is being constantly yelled at by his wife. It's hilarious.

The poor man always acts like it's such a hassle to run this farm/stand/u-pick. But it's like YOU open to the public? So..don't you expect people? But he is super friendly once you get talking to him.

And you know me, I'm a talker. And I was waiting for my mom and cousins to show up. I picked 47lbs by myself and waited for 30 minutes before everyone else showed up. 

I listened to this guy's spiel "if there's tape around the tree DON'T PICK FROM THAT TREE. I'll know. I don't care what you say, I don't care if it's your old dad who doesn't speak English, I have a zero tolerance and you will be asked to leave and you will be banned for LIFE"

WHAT?

LOL. I was dyiinnggg. 

All these little Asian people were just standing around him, nodding. Some laughing. Some not. 

So anyway. We get to talking and he's like "people think I want to be here all day - I have a regular day job too!" and I'm like "so what's that day job?" and he says "I'm a scientist at Bausch and Lomb" LOLLLLLL.

Again, WHAT?

I did not expect that answer for some reason. 

So he said because he works 7 days a week, he's a little salty. LOL. 

After pear picking, we went back to mom's house for a little BBQ. 

So much food and conversation!

Catching up

Even though these cousins are a bit older (in their early 50's now), we have lots of memories of visiting them back in the day. They were the "way cooler" older cousins. Who dyed their hair black and listened to rock music. 

Till next September. <3