Dragon Fruit?

We've had a couple days of rain and drizzle, along with dropping temperatures and the beginning of fall allergy season. Enough to dampen anyone's spirits.
( the scene )

Dragonfruit trees! To combat the fall drearies.

Writing Excuses Episode 34: What the Dark Knight Did Right

From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/09/29/writing-excuses-episode-34-what-the-dark-knight-did-right/

I'm Brandon, I'm Dan, I'm Howard . . . and I'm Batman
( here there be spoilers? )

Writing prompt

Brandon: take an old piece of writing, one that you've been working on in the last year, and take a dialogue scene. Then take each line of dialogue up by half a notch -- make it a little more unexpected, evoke a little more of the character -- but it should mean the same thing.
Howard: crank it all up, but have the dialogue end up in the same place as before.