Saturday, May 18, 2013

Spring fruit season!

Jordanian apricots
Madaba, Jordan
Saturday, May 18, 2013

You may imagine that Jordan is a land of olives and figs (and it is!), but now that spring is well underway and summer is almost here, we have discovered many spring fruit surprises. Pictured here are delicious local apricots. Yesterday it was fresh loquats picked from a friend's tree. The strawberries here in Jordan are also a wonderful and plentiful treat. And tonight Frank picked up a lovely melon and a bag of local cherries. Heaven...