... freshly squeezed grapefruit juice.
There are fruit trees everywhere on Base. Oranges. Apples. Pomegranates. Persimmons. Bananas.
Yesterday we passed a grapefruit tree on our way home from a run. JB picked one of them up and took it home. It was delightful. So he went back and asked the occupantss of the house nearest the tree if he could pick more.
The guy laughed.
"I consider everything on Base government property. Take whatever you want."
JB did.
Of course without insecticides, many of the grapefruits were bad. But many weren't. Delightful. We have about two dozen more sitting on the counter in the kitchen just waiting to be peeled and eaten or juiced.
Some things about living in Turkey are a bit difficult. Only being able to get the food that is in season has taken some getting used to. Missing blueberries is something I am still not over. But rounding corner after corner to find fruit to your heart's content is delightful and treasured.
Life here on Base truly does feel like America must have felt fifty years ago. My neighbor Barbara is in her mid-seventies. She admits that where she grew up in North Carolina no one locked their doors. Everyone knew their neighbors. You couldn't just drive to the next town when your town didn't have something.
Sorta like life here. It's different. But we like it.
1 comment:
Totally off topic but I can't wait to hear why you and JB have chosen Washington State as your forever home. I have been enamored with that area of the country for decades and would love to move there. Unfortunately with 4 kids who have lived their whole lives in one corner of SC I can't seem to persuade any of them that this would be the adventure of a lifetime. Especially the high schooler, he thinks I am crazy. He plans on going to college at the University 5 minutes from our house where his dad and I graduated and where his father is now employed. Maybe a vacation to the area would change their minds. This Navy brat is struggling with the permanence of life in one place forever!
Dana
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