Eating the sour fruits raw wasn't an option for me. What to do? I glanced over to the fruit basket, saw the only orange left, and knew what to do: Limequats, Kumquats, Orange & Vanilla Jam.

OK, summer didn't much bother to stop here (it basically flew by), so why not just ignore the fact and use it as a good excuse for some appeasing, local soul food. Not, because the smell of fried...

When we, as part of our Saturday morning routine, came by his stall (Leo's Obst-Standl), which is one of the nicest around (a magnet for a lot of food stylists, too), we noticed - it literally jumped at us - an ALL pink dragon fruit (with super intense dark pink flesh!)...

The postman must have questioned my sanity, witnessing the broadest smile he'd probably seen for weeks, delivering what he thought of as just another package. Well, he had no idea...

Two things that in spite of the ugly weather made my day...