11" x 14" oil on canvas

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE lemons - and any kind of citrus!  When painting this, I thought of the wonderful orange blossom smells from California days.  We had a little dwarf orange tree in a pot, and got about 10 oranges a year in a good season.  The main reason for the tree was to enjoy the fragrance in the spring - they may be in "orange blossom season" now.  Just loved that!!  We also had a little key lime tree in a pot - and we had a huge lemon tree that produced hundreds (!) of huge lemons.  Our gardener said he could make a whole pitcher of lemonade from one piece of fruit!  I had good memories of those citrus days when I was doing this painting today.  Now we live in apple country and we have two apple trees in our new yard.  I may have to paint more apples!  The trees are beginning to blossom out.  Last year all the blossoms were frozen by a freaky late freeze - 7 degrees on April 8.  I remember it well!  But this year we should have lots of apples and I'll be collecting apples recipes - to add to my lemon recipe collection.  Isn't life fun!

Here's a little "p.s." about loving lemons.  Yesterday I had some dental work done.  I learned too late in life that lemons are better for your teeth when you paint them - rather than suck on a big ol' juicy sour lemon.  (MORE wonderful memories!!)  Oh well - lessons learned.  
 
The weather was just beautiful here today!  I hope you're having beautiful Spring weather, too!