but I have lots of kumquats!  Just outside the entrance to the patio are two small kumquat "bushes" that yield lots of fruit.  They were sitting out on the kitchen counter drying after harvesting and washing.  I took one look and went for the camera!

These first two images were taken with a close-up macro lens.

Into the glass bowl they went and onto the black dining table:

I under-exposed the next image by two full stops making it almost invisible when I first saw it on the screen.  I brought the exposure "back" and bumped up the saturation on the rim of the bowl in Photoshop for this favorite.    

But for reasons I can't fully explain (perhaps its the mood created by the soft lighting), this simple back-lit image of the bowl is my most favorite:

Adam

P.S. You have to be pretty old to know the origin of the title ... but you can google it!