{"id":40655,"date":"2025-12-15T09:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=40655"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:31:03","slug":"anachronism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2025\/12\/anachronism\/","title":{"rendered":"Anachronism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We need these right now &#8211; it got down to -6&#176;c last night, and is only slightly better as I type this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LimeJump2.jpg\" alt=\"ripening Key lime Citrus \u00d7 aurantiifolia alongside new blossoms of same in greenhouse\" width=\"750\" height=\"1119\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40656\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>I took these only a couple of days back to illustrate how confused the Key lime trees (<em>Citrus \u00d7 aurantiifolia<\/em>) seem to be, producing new blossoms right alongside fruit that was still ripening. Make up your mind!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LimeJump1.jpg\" alt=\"ripening Key lime Citrus \u00d7 aurantiifolia alongside new blossoms of same in greenhouse\" width=\"750\" height=\"566\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40657\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>This is in the greenhouse of course, and the heater within struggled last night but kept things at an acceptable temperature &#8211; there are still some limes and better than half of the lemons waiting for peak ripeness. By the way, if you&#8217;re wondering about the color, Key limes turn a bit yellowish when they&#8217;re ripe, looking like a half-ripe lemon or perhaps a cross between lemons and the &#8216;classic&#8217; limes you find in the grocery stores. This color means they&#8217;re very close to peak.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s ice out on the pond, and I may get out there for some pics a little later on, when I&#8217;ve mentally prepared myself enough. My sinuses respond poorly to the cold, so there&#8217;s a certain level of discomfort to pain in going out in these conditions. I&#8217;m expecting great accolades for any images that result from that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need these right now &#8211; it got down to -6&#176;c last night, and is only slightly better as I type this. I took these only a couple of days back to illustrate how confused the Key lime trees (Citrus \u00d7 aurantiifolia) seem to be, producing new blossoms right alongside fruit that was still ripening. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[8422,7613,5214,7612],"class_list":["post-40655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-photo","tag-and-a-1969-alfa-romeo-33-stradale-while-im-pipe-dreaming","tag-citrus-x-aurantiifolia","tag-greenhouse","tag-key-lime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}