So I was in Arizona for a week of school visits and the Tucson Book Festival and it was great fun. I have lots of fond memories, but I have to admit what I am missing the most is the amazing, fresh-squeezed orange juice that my lovely librarian host spoiled me with.
Mary, my librarian host, had two orange trees in her backyard laden with fruit:
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which she harvested regularly:
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and let me make into juice!
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she had an electric juicer which made the process quite exciting (and quick):
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I think about 6 oranges made this jug--those oranges were very juicy!
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and delicious!
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Ahh, freshly squeezed orange juice from fruit just picked off a tree...it's a sublime liquid that cannot be described. It is really just like drinking paradise!