Pear Tree's annual summer fair brings together residents from across the Derby area for music, food and family activities.

Every autumn, the pear tree at the end of the lane becomes heavy with ripening fruit.

Every spring, birds nest among the pear trees, filling the orchard with song.

By the time she listed all the errands — grocery shopping, laundry, booking appointments, picking up the kids, and a partridge in a pear tree — I knew she was exhausted.