What a lovely time of year here in the Valley of the Sun. Actually, I can’t remember a year where the air has been so thick and sweet with the fragrance of our citrus trees. From the looks of it we can expect a bumper crop of lemons and limes, so folks, put your order in now!

The lime tree outside my home office window has so many blossoms it looks as if it is covered with snow.

And the bees! Lots and lots of happy little bees doing, well, what bees are supposed to do.

We have a pair of mourning doves who come every morning to check out the lime tree. Same thing each day: they go in there for a few minutes, then spend a good half-hour thinking about things, then they dash off to another dovey place. It’s almost as if they want to make a nest there but there is something in the neighborhood that doesn’t meet their standards. Could be the fragrance of all the flowers.

It is such a lovely time of year. Looking up at the beautiful moon waxing behind shimmering clouds and smelling the thick, citrus sweet fragrance of the night air you could close your eyes and imagine what a slice of heaven must be like.