Grapefruit Tree

We planted three fruit trees about five or six years ago. A grapefruit tree, a plum tree and an apricot tree.

The first to produce was the plum tree which had a very brief season each of the last two summers. Also, the apricot tree gave us some fruit in 2008. Both of those trees have grown quite a bit since being planted.

But the grapefruit tree has been a little bit slower in its growth and never produced any fruit until just a couple of months ago. There are about a dozen or so fruit on the tree and they are slowly growing and ripening.

I think maybe another week or two until they have enough weight and are soft enough to be picked and enjoyed. We have no idea what they'll taste like but we'll find out soon.

Staying Busy

We have been very busy here lately.

Both of us have been working a lot and Aimee has been playing softball several nights a week.

We did have time to put up some Christmas lights on the house for the first time. We put them on a timer and they come on each day at dusk and look pretty nice.

We also have a small Christmas tree in the living room that smells very nice. It has lights and ornaments and there are other lights above the fireplace mantel.

Aimee has fit right in at her new job and they like her very much. They also keep her quite busy. It's a good thing Aimee often has a softball game to go to after work, otherwise they'll keep finding some reason to keep her there at night.