Mango theives...
cooling off in my 'pool'! :) (ie: backup water storage container)
Custard Apple
The mango rains have come... amazing thunderstorms and torrential rains that can be really quick and move on, or last for a while. Its been lovely. The wild wind comes up and brilliantly sweeps the oppressive heat and dust away. We have taken to open our balcany doors out the master bedroom and just sit and watch the distant thunder and lightning until it is upon us. More often than not the lights go out and the world becomes dark and yet in the moonlight we can see the mix of mango and palm trees swaying wildly in the wind. The view out the balcony is just a full blown mango tree and we have been watching the tiny buds blow up into monstrously beautiful mangos...If you have seen 'Marley & Me' (and surprisingly, I recommend it) you will remember their Lab would eat all the mangos that fell in their Floridian yard which subsequently led to a nice orange mushy poo. Well, that wasnt just a funny twist, our Retreivers actually eat the mangos as well and we are left with similar gifts. In an effort to keep the mangos from being eaten by the unappreciative dogs (or at least assumming WE would appreciate them more), we drove our van up under the tree last week and the boys climbed up and pulled as many big ones down as they could. As you can see in our pics, there were scads! It was great fun. They ripen quickly off the tree and so we have been sending them off to Daves school and baking anything that would taste remotely good with mango! They have been divine and what a treat to just head outside and grab them! Wish you were here to enjoy them with us!
The first non-mango pic is a fruit called Custard Apple and it is Hands Down, my fav!!!! I dont even know how to explain it to you, but its soo very sweet and refreshing!~ Lots of love this rainy day.... Jen
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