Well, it is almost the Fourth of July so I decided to make a pie.  I had been craving some sweet flaky crust lately, but could not pin down what the filling should be.  It is blueberry season, I remember from my travels last year.  We made it a point to drive to as many local farms as possible and eat mostly locally along the way.  It is a good time of year for organic fruit and veggies, especially if you travel and find the fresh local stuff.  Here in the desert we don't quite have access to local cherries or apricots like they do in Utah, but we do have grapes and melons like nowhere else!  Quite soon the Willcox peaches will be ripe and ready to pick. I vowed to pick a bundle this time and actually do something with them instead of cutting and freezing them for smoothies like I did last time.  I am not sure what this means exactly, but I am on a quest.  I have found new uses for herbs and plants which may include peaches, I am not sure.  The quest is to make all of my own...everything.  Mostly right now I am concentrating on hair and body care products, as well as  laundry, and cleaning aides.  I started with a bunch of essential oils I had been collecting, then purchased some carrier oils and then looked one day to find I had quite a stash.  I had apricot kernel, avocado and jojoba as well as sweet almond oil.  THEN, I found many recipes using rose petals, rose water, and rose hips and I just happened to have roses in season so I collected all of the petals I could find, so I made my first batch of rose water!  This is what started it...looking for uses for everything I had.  I found you can make many things out of the ingredients and food in your own refrigerator, pantry and garden.  I can't wait to write down some of those recipes, but for now, tonight blueberry pie was the main attraction.  One day, when someone actually reads this, it will be fun to exchange ideas about all of this, and even recipes too.