making lemonade

Well, not really lemonade, but I was remembering the old adage "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade."  In my case, I realized this morning that life had handed me half of a large bowl of left over fruit salad.  On Sunday I made a large bowl of fruit salad to take to a supper.  I didn't mean to make such a large amount of salad but by the time I threw in all the different fruits I wanted to include it filled a large bowl.  My friends all ate generous portions but I still brought a lot home with me.  This morning I eyed the fruit salad and decided that I really couldn't eat it all before it would go bad soooo I made a pitcherful of fruit smoothy.  This actually ended up tasting good.  I blended the fruit salad with unsweetend tea and it made a lovely, thick creamy mixture.  I  made two interesting discoveries along the way to creating this yummy drink.  First, my good old blender (nothing as modern as a food processor), avacado green, circa 1968, still blends beautifully.  Second, if you don't have the lid on just right and hold it on, you get a very interesting splatter pattern on the wall.