Greetings from the Bean Pile

Our neighbors are off island for a few weeks and invited us to use what we can from their garden (also means the biting dog is off-island which is a bit of a relief). They had a large crop of very ripe cranberry beans that are sort of fun for photography-play. They come in very pretty marbled pods. Once the beans are cooked, all the patterns disappear, sadly.

[Lin]

A happy capture - must fav for the smile it brought me!

[Allison Williams]

Love it!

[Lou Ann]

Fun image. I’ve never heard of cranberry beans. They say we are supposed to eat beans every day! Are those good?

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

I don’t know beans about why this bowl is smiling at me.

[Taffy]

@ggshearron You made me laugh!

[Taffy]

@louannwarren To me, they taste a lot like white northern beans -- I used some in a cabbage soup. Tasty, fairly firm, but nothing that different than other white beans.

[Jane Pittenger]

Lol! Delightful. How are you healing? Glad the biter is gone for now

[Taffy]

@jgpittenger Looks icky but healing fine. I'll probably have a scar, but it is on my calf so not all that noticeable.

[Jane Pittenger]

Glad for the healing at least...glad it sin’t your face

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

@taffy ;)

[Milanie]

Neat marbled pattern - but unfortunately, however good they are for you, northern beans have never been my favorite. Made a nice shot though with that cheerful little face.

[Harry J Benson]

Cute smiley face

[gloria jones]

Nice bean face :)

[Rob Z]

Lol- a truly happy face. And a happy you with the dog gone for a while. :)

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[eDorre]

Fun smiley! Did I miss a dog bite?

[Mary Siegle]

365 is a wonderful place for strange people like us who play with our food and then take pictures of it! How nice of your neighbors to gift you with their bean crop (and whatever else was ready to harvest).

[PhylM-S]

This is perfect - play with the spoils of the garden of the biting dog! Ha! Wonderful!

[Marnie]

Love borlotti beans, they look so interesting. But I've never thought of making art with them. Trust you to be creative.

[Marnie]

Whoops, should've read the whole post first. I don't know cranberry beans, but they look very similar to borlotti beans.

[Pam Knowler]

Made me smile! I thought cranberries were small red berries that you have with turkey. Not heard of these beans but handy that your neighbours have left them for you. Dog bite? I seem to have missed that! Are you ok? Did you need a tetanus injection? You do need to be careful with dog bites. Take care and hope it heals soon! Good job the dog isn’t still on the island! If dogs attack people here it has to be reported.

[Babs]

Ha ha love it. Plant them in the garden and see if you get a beanstalk.

[Clare Gadsby]

eek i missed that you'd been bitten :( hope it will heal neatly. for some reason i've developed a real fear of dogs in my old age, so i feel for you. at least you can take advantage of the neighbour's harvest!

[Diana]

Such a happy fave and lovely beans. I too missed that were have been bitten, can be quite nasty! As a child I have been bitten four times, one scar I still have on my face. I am petrified of dogs. Hope yours heals well and soon.

[Joan Robillard]

Fun shot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cute and creative shot and they are very interesting looking.

[GaryW]

Great idea! fav

[FBailey]

These are new to me too - I thought they were marbled chocolate:)

[KV]

Smiley face back at you!

[Pat Knowles]

Thank goodness the biting dog is off the scene for a bit then!
Strange beans & an even stranger name...cranberry beans...can’t be anything to do with cranberries can they?

[Issi Bannerman]

They are gorgeous! Lovely name for beans.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Fun, cheery shot! ...hope that bite heals soon

[Kathy]

A fun shot. I felt that way about purple green beans. What a disappointment to find when cooked, they look like ordinary green beans.

[Helen Jane]

not good news about a dog bite - that would be terrifying. I too was unaware of such a thing as cranberry beans. but glad they gave you a smile.

[Islandgirl]

A very cute smile :)
Sad to hear about your bite, but good to hear you are healing!

[haskar]

Cute shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Cranberry beans- never heard of them before. Chalk that info up to the "you learn something new everyday" motto on 365 today! Fun shot.

[Junko Y]

Cranberry beans! I'd never heard of them but I just found out that the American version of the Italian borlotti beans for the recipe I have is called that.