From Grandma's Desk: Saturday brought a wonderful surprise. A box of fresh picked tangerines from my stepmother's garden. The greatest part about these tangerines is my son planted a seed over 15 years ago that turned into a tangerine tree. We kept that tree going in our house in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho for 6 years then it started getting to tall for the living room. So on my next road trip to Arizona I put the tree in the car and headed south. My stepmother has a small fruit orchard in her back yard with pomegranites, oranges, grapefruit, and now tangerines. She planted the tree in her back yard and for the past 2 years has been getting a few tangerines. Last year I brought a few home to Adrian and put in his stocking. This year a whole box arrived with the most delicious fruit in it. Sweet juicy and easy to peal! Yum, I can hardly wait till he gets here this week so he can share the fruits of his labor. So this New Year I will plant seeds that are sweet, juicy and easy to peel! What a lovely thought as we enter the new year 2012. Keeping in mind it takes many years and sometimes many hands and hearts to make the sweet fruit of our lives.