Hi Aunt Mare from Des

It was nice to tell you I love you today.
It is so sunny and blue skies Los Angeles. I knew you would love this day.
I wish the ocean was warm but it is too cold for my Caribbean spoiled butt to jump into.
I ate ice cream for dinner it was fun.
I have 1 huge orange on my orange tree on my balcony. I have 1 Blood Orange and 1 Navel Orange tree and the Navel Orange has 1 orange-it is the size of my head.
I had 19 blood oranges they were small like baseballs - they were like eating a sweet and sour sucker-the red was dripping bloody red and sweet and the orange part was really tart.
I was supposed to wait a little longer till they were more red but I could not resist them any longer. I also have 9 baby lemon trees that I grew from seed and they are only about a foot tall. I brought them in because it was chilly and I am giving them lots of love so I can get big juicy lemons, and I turned around and there were only 8 lemon trees. John Paul had pulled the biggest one out of the pot and was chewing on the leaves YIKES!! Oh well I put it back into the pot and out of reach so we are still at 9 lemon trees. I just planted some more seeds so hopefully we can grow more.
I had a lot of heirloom tomatoes but everytime the tomatoes get ready to pick John sneaks out and eats them off the vine. I was gonna give some tomatoes to the plumber and I picked a tomato(a black crimsom) and half of it was eaten. John had eaten half the tomato while it was still on the vine- I think he must be a vegetarian!
Business has been busy and I have been working like a mad dog selling travel.
I cannot wait for you to get better soon I am going to Alaska in June-get stronge so you can come!!
It is a very beautiful and overwhelming place-
well here is John Paul aka Tomato thief!