Let there be fruit

When my mom was here, she bought plants.  Cactus, more cactus, cassia bushes, and citrus.  Because of my generous parents, I am the grateful recipient and owner of 4 citrus trees. WOW.  I don't typically buy a lot of citrus at the store, but lately grapefruit and I have become dear friends, so I'm very excited about the possibilities.  In addition, I'm not sure if there is a more lovely smell in the world than citrus blossoms...so with the warm temps here in Tucson, the blossoms have started to go crazy.  Which is splendid because in the past, I don't know if anyone could kill plants faster than myself, so blossoms and life is a wonderful turn of events.  

Above is the first piece of fruit off of one of the trees:  a Bearss Lime. The typical normal sized limes you buy at the store.  Isn't it so cute!?  I'm trying to decide what to use it for, but I think it will flavor Pellegrino today as I live life to the fullest on Spring Break.

A treat from last week

He was Plush. One of my favorite artists! Got to see him with three of my favorite people. Only wish he could have played longer...get some of his music free here.  An impeccable album

Bits of school...

Pretty much the cutest thing ever...

It SNOWED!!! in TUCSON!!!!

The kids and I took a field trip and they were super excited to build telescopes. Thanks Raytheon!

The fam came to town

My mom, dad, brother, aunt and uncle were all in town, peppered over the last 3 weeks.  Lots of family = not much time for anything else!  We're not really "Let's take pictures of each other!" kinda peeps, but I did take these fun shots to try to immortalize things a little...

At Patagonia Lake - mom and bro

Visiting a screech owl at the Desert Museum

The mother!

The brother!

My uncle (mom's brother), aunt, mom and dad  (it was sunny out behind me :)

Mom and her favored horse sculpture

Camera+

I've been using the app "Camera+" on my phone lately.  It lets you adjust the exposure and choose where you want it to focus, which is super nice.  I still haven't really got the hang of it, but I took the same picture and edited it using 3 different filters.  

Which one do you like?

This is what Darcy and I were up to on a lovely Sunday morning...both enjoying the sunlight in different ways...

Plantas pequeñas

Estas son algunas de las plantas de la casa

Snapshot of the weekend...

It's been gorgeously rainy here in Tucson, but unfortunately my body seems to want to reflect the outdoors, and I've been battling with minor sicknesses.  Here are some snapshots from the lovely rainy weekend.  

the kitchen window with RAIN in the background!

the dog's wet footprints

she loves to chomp and bite at the rain as if it's attacking her

lovely friends on a Saturday night - aren't they so cute?!