the fruits of my labour

I received this Meyer lemon tree from Chris’s dad for Christmas last year. You can’t see them all that well in this photo, but there were close to 20 small green lemons on it in December. Until recently there were 17, I think, big yellow lemons like this:

We’ve started picking them now, so I think there’s only about a dozen left. I would have taken a wider shot showing the whole tree and all the remaining lemons, but that would have revealed too much of our neglected backyard and I would be embarrassed to let anyone see it. We really need to spend some quality time out there. Anyway, I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to be able to duck outside and pick lemons off my own tree for our dinner. Especially when they’re for lemon delicious pudding:

So good. And a great way to finish the weekend.