150 Pounds of Lemons...

Any of you that have followed my blog over
the last 3 years, know the story of the
lemon tree that is in our yard, still growing,
and how our daughter, Heidi grew it from a seed.
We were told by the nursery that because
this tree was never grafted, it would
not produce lemons. This was over 15 years ago,
and we are still getting lemons from this
tree twice a year. Blooms are already present
as we harvested only a portion of the lemons
yesterday. The bees are so busy pollenating.

Not just any lemons. Take a look at this:

The lemon on the right, one from a store.
The lemon on the left, grown from our tree.
I look at these, and am so totally amazed.
It just goes to show you, that God has the
final say in what can and will be grown.

The love of a child, and her desire to grow
something beautiful from a seed.

Can you see them peeking out from the leaves
and branches? The sun was shining and a
beautiful 74 degrees. Such a perfect day for
HARVESTING.

I crawled up under the tree to give you a closer look.

They are just everywhere. Look, just look.

Just waiting to be chosen. Pick me. Pick me.

At the far end of the pool, my handsome
Bruiser sat in the patio chair,
under the shade of the umbrella,
just watching and waiting. He wanted
to play ball. Isn't he precious?

Today I am joining
Marydon @ Blushing Rose

for Monday - Love Is.

Without my glasses, Dear Honey
would have never know where the
lemons were. Over here - no Honey
over to your left. Oooh there is a BIG

one on your right. Just look up.

We picked 150 pounds yesterday and
still have about 1/3 of the tree to harvest.
Just look at all these babies. We had already
given 1 of the large buckets away and another
bag to one of the neighbors before I grabbed
the camera to get a picture. I have also
already taken 70 pounds of lemons to work
to share with co-workers. It has been a very
good season.

I only wish I could share with each of you. Trust me
they are delicious. Lemon pie? Lemon cookies?
Lemon tea - yum my favorite. I am going to be very
busy in the next few weeks.

As always,

thank you for stopping by,

my little piece of heaven,

here in the desert,

that I so love to call home.

Country hugs and much love,