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I love the smell of fresh lemons, and thanks to my mom, I know how to make the world's best lemonade!




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  1. Those lemons are beautiful in that blue and white bowl and lemonade sounds really good right now.:)

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  2. Oh, that was cruel! How can you show us such beautiful pictures and not tell us how to get them??? ;-)

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  3. Oh, did you want to know how to make the world's best lemonade? It's really simple: 1 cup of fresh squeezed lemon juice, 1 cup of sugar; pour them both in a pitcher and fill the rest of the way with water. The secret is to make sure you don't add TOO MUCH water! Garnish with a strawberry :)

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  4. I love your blog and all the pictures and colors and roses and fun bag and lemonade! Always a pick-me-up to read your blog! I know you're enjoying your summer!!

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  5. That looks so refreshing! Any chance you'll share the recipe ;o)

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  6. THANKS FOR THE RECIPE! After I hit send on that last comment, it dawned on me that you said the lemonade recipe was posted so I found it! ;-)

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  7. Thanks for the great recipe, Karen! I can't wait to make a big pitcher!
    Cheers!

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