fruit trees and lemony lemon brownies

We are blessed over and over again by this place we call home.

In the back corner of the complex, there is a community garden (which we can replant in march) 

(Although there are a few lingering cherry tomatoes from the last planting.)

and an abundance of fruit trees! Navel orange,

mandarin orange, lemon, loquat, and some I have not identified yet.

The lemon tree branches are bending quite a bit with their load of lemons.  So yesterday, I sent the kids down for lemons and we made a lemon bread with a sweet glaze. It was interesting.

Today, we grabbed more lemons and made lemon lemony brownies and lemonade!

I have found that our apartment managers and groundsmen are the perfect people for our family to share 9x13s of dessert with. They appreciate the treats and I don't eat half the pan by myself!

This treat was special to them too, because it was made with our "home-grown" fruit.