{Our Citrus Aurantifolia - Key Lime}

Most readers from the USA will no doubt know the delicious Key Lime Pie. The botanical name is Key Lime 'Citrus aurantifolia' and they are available at Logee's Greenhouse, just click again on hyperlink. 

Now that being said, let's look at the blossoms of this famous Citrus Aurantifolia "Key Lime" which is on the patio in front of our greenhouse. They're certainly worth a Garden Tour to see and  for their fragrance to be smelled.

Pieter took these excellent photos on June 2nd. And by the way; yes both of us went to Key West, the southern most island of the USA. That was last year in early February when I just was out of the hospital and could walk and move again after having been paralyzed because of a rare auto immune disease. The last photos are from there. We did stay at the Hyatt Key West Resort and Spa where I'd booked a year in advance, a free stay for 5 nights from our Hyatt points. So glad we made it, thanks to my timely recovery! 

Heavenly fragrant blossoms, like all citrus trees.

Very long thorns too!

Citrus trees do have very long thorns on their branches.

Top left you can see already a Key Lime being near maturity. To the right is our greenhouse, where they reside during winter time.

Growing well...

Photo from our balcony at the HYATT CENTRIC KEY WEST RESORT & SPA.

That's me standing in front of the Guesthouse where our German 'son' with his family stayed in 2008.

I have gained already 3 kg or 6.6 lbs in this photo; up from 46.8 kg.

There is much to be grateful for as I've come a long way!

{How I miss our Syringa 'Krasavitsa Moskvy' Lilac...}

We do have such a drought right now that it is tough to keep our plants and shrubs alive. How I long for the time that we had our lush shrub of white Lilacs; Syringa 'Krasavitsa Moskvy' and I have only two photos of their blossoms. What a possession that was and the heavenly fragrance. But the shrub died in our hot climate... Those photos are not the best ones I took, but it gives you at least an idea. They're being shown with our Philadelphus mock orange. Even the mock orange barely had blooms this year. It is by no means a showy year for beautiful vases with blossoms! Thank goodness for photos to enjoy them when they're not at their best or even when they're no longer living in the garden...

How lucky are those that can grow lilacs and enjoy their heavenly fragrance!

{Flat Belly Diet Foods - Meet the MUFAs!}

Summer is almost starting and that also means getting into shorts and bathing suits, e.g. bikinis. I just came across some very help full foods that I want to share with you! First of all; what are MUFAs? That are monounsaturated fatty acids, plant-based fats found in some of the world's most delicious foods; avocado, nuts and seeds, oils, olives and dark chocolate! Good for heart health too.

Already previously in my 6th blog award post, I did reveal some facts about me:

1) Dark chocolate is my favorite.

2) Avocado is yummy for breakfast (we eat a half one each day!) and great for skin.

It seems to be even better than just for your skin!

Nuts we do eat with a cup of hot tea in the afternoon, so we're living pretty healthy according to the MUFAs info above.

Contrary to the avocado's nickname 'butter pear' it proves to be a weight loss food. Huh, did you all know that?! It does decrease belly fat.

Pick your MUFA: Florida Avocado, Hass avocado. Personally I prefer the Florida avocado. Click Recipes for Avocado 

AMEN to dark chocolate! One of my favorites. For sure I inherited that from my Dad; he loves it too. Most people like the milk chocolate but THIS is the healthy one...

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