Happy New Year

Here's a look at part of our orange crop this year - a bumper crop!

Maybe it's due to all the rain we got last season, I don't know, but this year the tree is packed with over a hundred sweet navel oranges the size of softballs. This tree was mature already when we moved in a few years ago. We have since planted several other citrus trees and they are slowly coming along and starting to produce fruit for us also.

I heard it was cold in some places this week. It's been quite the opposite here with 80's all week. We are hoping for some rain soon since it's been warm and dry the entire season and we could really use a change.

The huge fire just north of us in Ventura/Santa Barbara has been burning for about 4 weeks and won't be fully contained for another week. We still deal with smoke in the air. It is the largest fire in modern California history.

Happy New Year to you. Aimee and I are enjoying a few days of R&R at home during the holidays and looking forward to 2018. We are thankful for continued good health and hope you are well.