One Apple Out of Reach

We had the best plans for our organic fruits and vegetables this year.  We would've had tomatoes, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, and apples a plenty.  The growing season is pretty much over now.  After a fantastic, fruitful season, we enjoyed a few handfuls of blackberries, several tomatoes, and one last apple Isaac got to enjoy that the deer couldn't reach.  We ended up putting far more effort in than we got out.  Our efforts at controlling mother nature proved futile, still clinging to the hope of a bountiful harvest.  Such is life sometimes, I suppose.  Competing with the birds for the blueberries, the insects for the tomatoes, the prehistoric wasps for the peaches, and the deer for the blackberries and apples all season long had little impact.  "Are you kidding me babe.  The only apple the dear didn't get is the one they couldn't reach.  Where is Isaac so I can lift him up?"  Far better to let go and be accepting of things as they are rather than continue complaining about our dismal returns.  Time to be positive and playful, right?  At least the critters and bugs got to eat well this season.  HA!  We had the chance to be generous by feeding all of them.  "Hey babe, I thought we were supposed to be living off the land?"  Not so much.  Now that's funny indeed.