Orange-things

Yay for March! I love our weather right now and so do all of the plants and animals. We had some pretty and interesting butterflies in our yard a couple of weeks ago. Right now the milk weed is recovering and the chrysalis are all waiting to morph. The kids like this a LOT! Here is a little guy that wanted to go for a walk on our sidewalk.

If you look really closely, you can see the black fur all over his body. Kind of gross but, kind of cool too.  I took a million shots of this guy. There is just something about butterflies.

And guess what else is happy to feel spring?  My mom's oranges.  Okay. These are the cutest little oranges you have ever seen. They are bright and tiny. Tiny as in no bigger than the size of quarter. They smell heavenly. The rind is so tender that when you pull it from the tree it rips just a tad.  The only alternative at that point is to pop this baby in your mouth--whole!  But watch out, the flesh is TART.  So, I love these little things, sweet skins and sour insides, kind of like me!  hehehe! Just kidding. Anyway, her inner city orchard makes me want one too. Oh and she threw in a couple of her lemons too-utterly delicious! I will make my favorite lemon cookies when I do a special on yellow things.;o)

So although, they are edible, consumable...whatever. They are not all that appetizing for the sake of being an orange.  I picked a heap of them in the hopes I would come up with something tasty to eat them in. 

I haven't gotten that far. But I did make and orangething-ade. It is as good as lemonade and really really light and refreshing. 

Orangething-ade

1 1/2 tbsp sugar or honey

3-4 orangethings

1 cup water

1 cup ice

A. Mash up the orangethings in the sugar. Just crush it all up in the bottom of a glass.

B. Add a cup of ice water (filtered is better than the tap for this).

C. Add the ice.

D. Options (get it?)--a green straw and a few extra slices of the orangethings strictly for appearances.

I plan on making a marmalade but, I don't have enough sugar on hand. Since, I don't typically make jams and jellies, I think I don't have enough sugar. Maybe I do. I will post that when I get to it.

Now back to the day and playing Lego Batman.