I had intended to work more on Autumn Splendor today – getting the leaves hashed out and starting work on the sleeve linings – but got sidetracked into kitchen projects instead.  I have, as you know, been candying various citrus peels (Seville orange, Meyer lemon, and bergamot to be exact) over the last several weeks, [...]

The winter solstice is tomorrow, the shortest day of the year.  Winter is beginning, and the cold, dark days presage…citrus??? Yep!  As illogical as it seems, winter is when citrus ripens in California – strange, when every other  fruit tree is hunkering down for the winter.  Doubly strange, that a semi-tropical, frost-killed tree should be [...]