Wednesday, December 17, 2008
December Rome: the oranges are ripe!
One treat of being in Rome this time of the year is that the oranges are now ripe. This photo was just taken on the Aventine hill. Dominican lore for generations has boasted that St. Dominic himsef brought the orange tree from Spain and planted these same groves in the convent yard.
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