Tree producing oranges faster than we can eat them. So J goes into production mode and we now have orange juice, as well as quite a lot of oranges for eating. Basin contains the oranges I picked off the ground this morning. Have discovered that leaving those with large bruises to rot is not a brilliant plan. Long before they would have been providing fertilizer for the tree they will have been expertly hollowed out by suspects unknown. Can’t be birds. Wouldn’t be cats. So most probable culprits are rats. Therefore best to collect and dispose of any rotting fruit.
Juice turns out to combine brilliantly with blood orange gin and a little ice. Seamless and seductive blend. One jigger of each. And no, we don’t actually have a jigger, but a tiny Turkish coffee cup is pretty close to the same size.
Temperature in the high twenties and humid. Really hazy. Can’t see the coast of Türkiye. North African dust expected to stay in the air through Friday.
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