Citrus vs. Lemon

July 21st 2019

Yes, time flies - wish it were because I was having fun but not so. Busy work and life schedule and health issues - I suppose not so much me as my husband but cannot do much about that. Most is  brought on by excessive lifestyle of eating and drinking.  There are not so many vices left in our lives - gave up smoking long ago. Alcohol and food are all that’s left I guess…. We are worshipers of Baccus. And he is taking his toll.

Caravaggio's Bacchus  - 1595 - Uffizzi - Florence Italy

So anyway, the other day I was home from work on my way to the doctor and had some free time. It’s been so long that I had even looked at my Orangery project I couldn’t even remember what I had bought and not.  There had been a small earthquake at the Japanese Ryokan (see the blog) so I was pretty frustrated overall about getting back to mini-ing.  But during a work convention I ran into my ex-colleague and muse of minis and she was wondering if I had gone back to the project or not.  Since we stopped working together, we both have lost our mini-ing passion.  Seems we were a sort of stimulus for each other.  But she was encouraging so having recently put the Ryokan back together after the earthquake and cleaning off my work table I decided to take a look at things.  Soon enough I started thinking about what I could do each evening or weekend to get back to making something.  And, here I am, writing the next installment after having dug around to remember what materials I have and have not.

So, here is a pic of the kit I bought ages ago.

Greenhouse Kit - bought two.

I actually bought two.  One end is completely open - it was made to butt up against a dollhouse for installation. I am going to make them both and install little hinges between them for opening and closing - or keep them unattached and install them back to back when displaying them - making them one greenhouse.

Bricks mortar and marble sheet.

I had already bought the bricks and mortar (I actually had do do an email search on my computer to find the order receipts as I could not find the materials!! - I had put them away for later and forgot where I had put them or even wasn’t sure I had bought them!)  The bricks will be installed on the side panels under the windows of the greenhouse in the style of Kensington.  I will have to paint everything white though first. And I managed to locate the “hard wood” flooring sheet and the “marble” self sticking sheet for the floors. I think I will use the marble for the greenhouse floor and the wood for making the counter shop table tops more interesting.  So, with my camera battery now charged and at least a few steps planned out, maybe I can get cracking !!

And here is an ugly lemon pic.

I will try and add lemon lore in here every now and then. This one is called a citron or cedro in Italian. I guess ancient versions of it (etrog) even have important religious significance in the Jewish faith.  You can look up info on it but I love the ugliness of the fruit.  Some of the lemons I got recently from Amalfi are just as ugly so I put them in a jar with salt to make salted lemons.  You can check out the recipe here. Make sure your lemons are unwaxed if you are going to make the recipe. Maybe the uglier the better!

So that is all for today.  Hopefully I wil l have enough energy to do something else this week.

Till later !!