Lemon Tree...is very pretty..

THIS isn't a fallish post..

I'm not quite ready for FALL decorating...still too hot here.

The mornings...evenings....much cooler.

MAYBE by next week, I'll be more ready to do a little FALL decorating.

O...believe me...

I am READY to let this long, hot, dry summer slide into FALL..

We had the nicest rain, off and on, all night long  (9/15)

and

I. AM. THANKFUL.

Tuscany with Lemon Tree"Watercolor Painting by Meltem Kilic

 ♥♥

Two things come to mind when I gaze at this BEAUTIFUL PAINTING...
# 1.....I wish I could paint like this !

               # 2.... I wish I could grow a LEMON TREE !

PETER, PAUL AND MARY had a great song out in 1962
THE LEMON TREE
...a huge hit.
♫♪"When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me,
"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree." ♪♪
"Don't put your faith in love, my boy", my father said to me,
"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."♫♫

 I made the BEST 

BREAD PUDDING today.

and I just wish this was SCRATCH and SNIFF...it smelled so so good while it was baking.

I had forgotten how much I LOVE Bread Pudding.

Those little crunchy brown nuts on top...

BROWN SUGAR PECANS

♫♫"Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. ♪
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat"♫♪

After the pudding was cooled a little..I drizzled WARM LEMON CURD all over it and I am
telling you people...
THIS is about the best dessert we have had in a LOOOONG  TIME.
O...it HAS to be served WARM...♥

♫♫♪"One day beneath the lemon tree, my love and I did lie
A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky.
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me"♪♪

♫♪♪"One day she left without a word. She took away the sun.

And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done.
She'd left me for another, it's a common tale but true.   ♪♫
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you:"

"Lemon tree very pretty and the ♪♪♫ lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat" ♫♪♫

6 slices of bread, torn apart
2 Tablespoons melted butter
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla 
**
Tear bread into PAM-ED baking dish
Pour melted butter over the bread.
In a medium bowl, mix eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla
and pour over buttered, crumbled bread.
You can add raisins, dried cranberries, nuts at this time.
BAKE 350 for 45 minutes or until it's a nice, golden brown.

I made a half recipe for just the two of us.
Mr. Sweet doesn't care for LEMON flavor (what's WRONG with him?)
so I added the warmed curd to MINE after I put it in a bowl. 

I hope you have a nice, sweet, LEMONY day.... 

I am joining
FOODIE FRIDAY
SHOW AND TELL
TICKLED PINK FRIDAY
FEATHERED NEST
HOME SWEET HOME
INSPIRATION FRIDAY
FRIDAY FAVORITES
SWEET TOOTH FRIDAY
POTPOURRI FRIDAY ...A fairly NEW party each Friday

Many thanks to the hosts and thanks to YOU for stopping by.
XOXOXO
bj ♥