Apple Day!

We’re casting our minds back to one of the fruiter events on the UPLIFT calendar and reflecting on the roseyness of ‘Apple Day’!

This UPLIFT really did what it said on the tin, the day was all things apples!

UPLIFTER’s hit the wonderful YMCA allotment where it was all systems go on the apple press with Dan the Apple press man (who came complete with numerous apple puns and all-round bad Dad jokes!) 

UPLIFTER’s got stuck in chopping, pressing, making and serving at the apple brunch bar where tasty treats were on offer, including homemade granola with natural yogurt and apple puree and hot spiced apple juice. Yum!

Gorgeous live music from Ralph Shaw provided the soundtrack for the day, meanwhile, poet 
and friend of the GREEN UPLIFT project, Winston Plowes, worked with UPLIFTER’s to create ‘Ode to the Apple’:

Ode to the Apple

A thing complete,

in is its own little world

red or yellow, sunset or dawn.

 

A beetle, two lungs, deep-seeded protection.

Pure heart

ruby red flash, sun glint

devoid of human character 

Love and life food.

 

A red admiral, outdoor pool, skeletal membrane.

 

Nature’s secret surprise

sandpaper skin, soft padded flesh

a magic trick

sharp, dry, sour or powder.

 

Local football strip

polished seamless cricket ball

regenerator of paths.

branches on a family tree.

 

A hammock, half barn owl face, womb of woman.

 

A school of happiness

juicing the brain

an orange from the teacher’s pet.

 

by Creative Recovery & YMCA Community

As the Autumn chill set in on Apple Day, this fabulous, fruity event certainly squeezed the juice out of a long, hot summer, bottling sweet memories to see us through. 

Final thought on Apple day...

How do you make an apple turnover?....Push it down a hill!...You can have that one Dan ;)