My kids and I went on a walk after church on Sunday. We just walked a few streets in our neighborhood. Every orange tree we passed was full of these yummy smelling blossoms! I love this smell. Anyone who lives here in the valley knows what I am talking about. They are so fragrant and seem to be everywhere! The flowers are piled up under trees, and the trees are full of little white flowers. The smell seems to be everywhere! MMMMMMMMMMM!
Luckily for us, right now we live in a home that has three orange trees in the backyard, so I'm even more surrounded than I've ever been. I love the smell of these little flowers. It brings back memories of visiting my Grandma Wessel in Sun City. We would drive down from Pinetop to visit her many times. Three day weekends, summer visits, and valley shopping trips would bring us to her door. I don't have many memories. I just don't remember things like many people do, but I remember getting out of the car late at night and smelling this deliciously yummy fragrant smell! I remember how warm the air would seem, especially late and night and after driving down from the cold mountains. The drive would take about 4 hours. I remember that the longest and worst part of the drive was once we hit Apache Junction...it would always take one whole hour to drive across the valley to Sun City. It would take FOREVER! Grandma Wessel was the best grandma. She took such good care of us. Always had her fridge stocked with our favorite foods, her pantry had our favorite snacks and cereals. She had a few little glass bowls around her condo always full of candy. We would go mini golfing and swimming across the street at her rec center. She was super sweet and just wanted us girls to have fun and be happy. She passed away in 2005 at the age of 91. I sure miss her! My Grandpa Wessel passed away when I was too little to remember him, but my grandma was always there. Anyway, walking down the street on Sunday brought back all these great memories of grandma. I love these trees. These are pictures of the trees in my backyard. They don't seem to be doing so great, I don't think they have been taken care of too well, but do smell yummy!
Luckily for us, right now we live in a home that has three orange trees in the backyard, so I'm even more surrounded than I've ever been. I love the smell of these little flowers. It brings back memories of visiting my Grandma Wessel in Sun City. We would drive down from Pinetop to visit her many times. Three day weekends, summer visits, and valley shopping trips would bring us to her door. I don't have many memories. I just don't remember things like many people do, but I remember getting out of the car late at night and smelling this deliciously yummy fragrant smell! I remember how warm the air would seem, especially late and night and after driving down from the cold mountains. The drive would take about 4 hours. I remember that the longest and worst part of the drive was once we hit Apache Junction...it would always take one whole hour to drive across the valley to Sun City. It would take FOREVER! Grandma Wessel was the best grandma. She took such good care of us. Always had her fridge stocked with our favorite foods, her pantry had our favorite snacks and cereals. She had a few little glass bowls around her condo always full of candy. We would go mini golfing and swimming across the street at her rec center. She was super sweet and just wanted us girls to have fun and be happy. She passed away in 2005 at the age of 91. I sure miss her! My Grandpa Wessel passed away when I was too little to remember him, but my grandma was always there. Anyway, walking down the street on Sunday brought back all these great memories of grandma. I love these trees. These are pictures of the trees in my backyard. They don't seem to be doing so great, I don't think they have been taken care of too well, but do smell yummy!
I love the smell of the orange blossoms this time of year. I am jealous! All I smell at my house if the Krisy Kreme that is one minute away.... and this can be VERY dangerous. Thanks for sharing those sweet thoughts about your Grandma, too! Sweet!
ReplyDeleteI agree! I too love the smells there in the valley! Whenever I go visit, memories come flooding back of times when I got to visit my Grandparents. My grandmother had a grapefruit tree in her backyard, and that smell was heavenly! I miss my grandmother too.
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