Monday June 6, 2011
Yesterday, Caleb, Oliver and I visited some of our friends from my husbands ship. Rachyl's husband Richard is gone for a while and she hates to do yardwork, so my very generous husband volunteered to help her out. Rachyl has this amazing lemon tree with probably hundreds of lemons growing on it in her backyard. It was amazing the way she described how it was a never-ending supply of fruit! Can you imagine always having a supply of lemons?
What would you make if you brought home a bag full of these fresh, ripe lemons? Rachyl suggested lemonade so using the WHOLE lemon, I did just that.
When making fresh lemonade you have to remember the 1:1:1 rule. For every cup of lemon juice you use, you need a cup of sugar and a cup of water! Then about 3 more cups once it's mixed to dilute it! I doubled my recipe and made about 3/4 gallon of fresh lemons and still had over HALF of my stash of lemons!
Of course this was a great experience for my new camera as well! Today I purchased my first DSLR! She is a Canon Rebel T3, and I am in awe of the clarity of the photos and the quality of the image. I am so greatful to my friends, alot who are established photographers for their support and encouragement. I'm lucky to have people willing to teach me and show me how to improve as a photographer and use my camera correctly. I will probably never be an amazing photographer, but I can dream and enjoy my own personal photos!
Oliver is teething right now so while I made lemonade he watched with a frozen waffle in hand! He is such a sweet little guy and I must thank him for being such a cooperative little model today! He is the best!
When Life Gives you Lemons, Make Lemonade!
I love the personal writing and the pictures are amazing. I felt like I was making lemonade with you!
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