sanguinello

last night i went to a neighbor's home
where her backyard is full of many fruit-bearing trees
{the best kind of tree indeed}.
she has more blood oranges and meyer lemons than she
knows what to do with.
so, i kindly took about 20 pounds off her hands.
that's what neighbors are for, yes?

the first time i had a sanguinello
was in the south of italy...sorrento to be exact.
doesn't italy sound lovely at this moment?

a presto!

Manifesto Monday (on Tuesday): Neighbors

I believe that we need our neighbors. This morning we awoke to a foot of new snow. I was happy to see such beauty, but knew it would take a toll on my back (and my schedule) to shovel it all by hand. I worked for maybe 20 minutes, and cleared only 15 square feet of my mom's HUGE driveway. Then the phone rang. It was our good ol' neighbor, Norma Lynn. She and her husband have lived next door to us for almost 30 years. Norma Lynn informed us that Riley, her husband, would be right over to snow-blow our drive for us. Hallelujah! My back and schedule were saved! I was no longer doomed to three hours of shoveling. And in return for his good deed, we made him some of our very vest chocolate chip cookies, and we'll take them over warm and fresh on this cold, snowy day. How would we get along without neighbors? We just can't do it alone. This I believe.

photo taken by me...this is my mom's little orchard.