Blazing hot today! Mom snagged some beautiful, plump longans at the farmer's market on the way home. They're just in season! Usually, Dad does the fruit-wrangling job, whipping up those amazing fruit bowls with peeled, ready-to-eat litchis and everything. Today, however, I volunteered to tackle the longans. Let's just say peeling and de-seeding those tiny guys with my thumb nail was a way bigger job than I expected! It felt like my nail was coming off. Nothing comes easy, I guess, not even making a bowl of fruit.