Sweet Childhood Memories

Remember in a previous post when I told you that we were fortunate enough to be able to grab some lemons from our backyard since our neighbors have a huge lemon tree that overhangs onto the right side of our property? Well, we also some lovely grapefruit trees that overhang onto the other side of our property. And our very generous neighbors told us that we are free to pick them right off anytime since they are ripe and ready to eat!!! :)

I can't tell you how excited I am to have such a refreshing treat in the mornings! It brings me back to such sweet childhood memories, as my father cultivated some huge grapefruit trees growing in our backyard. My dad was such am excellent gardener & farmer, and grew everything organically! I wish I would have paid more attention to how he grew his tomatoes, eggplants, green beans, corn, peanuts, apricots, apples, almonds, onions, garlic, squash, peaches, okra, guavas, avocados, watercress, etc. {I know, right!}!

We hardly went to the market to buy produce because my mom would often send me to the garden with a paper bag and instructions on what she needed for dinner that evening. My father loved his garden and because of him, I'm determined to learn how {albeit slowly}! :) Don't know why I took all that for granted when I was younger. **sigh**

Years have now passed, and that first home that I grew up in is no longer standing, and the second house that we moved into no longer houses my parents since they moved to another part of Central California. So when I come home to visit them, I always long for that beautiful garden of fruits and vegetables, and especially of those sun ripened grapefruit trees that used to greet me in the morning.

So in honor of such beautiful memories, my family and I really did enjoy having this for part of our daily breakfast this past week. :) Who knew one could enjoy such simple pleasures while still "living in the city!" ;)

Wishing you all a most lovely "St. Patrick's Day" weekend! :) And thank you for your input/advice on my "windows post." I think we are going to go with vinyl windows {with grids} from Home Depot. Everything else is sooo expensive, and as long as they are functional and economical, I'm happy with that! :)

XO's,
Jessie


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