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    Been several years & usually I’m behind on WiFi tech so figured it was time replace the old eero Pro with an eero Pro 6E. I only use one eero as the house is tiny. Now getting top WiFi speeds on the local network 🙌

    Mockingbirds are going to have an amazing late summer of grapes from our cultivated California grapes. These have an amazing assortment of bugs too. Still have ladybugs in them. 🌱

    Pineapple guavas have been blooming for a few weeks now. The Mockingbirds love munching on the flower petals.

    Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, California. Last March.

    Spring.

    Wild California Grape flowers.

    Area scrub jays have really got the hang of our feeder. Although, recently one jay tried to peck at the seeds through the transparent canister.

    blue jay clining to the bird feeder pole looking up at the feederthe blue jay hanging on to the bottom of the feeder, about to jump up onto its platformblue Jay precariously perched trying to get at the seeds

    Our homemade Bulgogi fries. Inspired by a food show that had a terrible implementation of this idea. We got it right 🤫

    golden fries with sliced Bulgogi (marinated steak), red gochujang based sauce, topped with chives.

    Here’s a magenta flower from one of our cultivated California Wild Roses.

    magenta rose with yellow center and luscious foliage behind

    The Annie Cat.

    black and white cat peering intensely over a table top

    The Annie Cat in a bag.

    black and white cat peering out of a paper bag

    Today was the first taste of the Bravarian Hefeweizen home-brew and it is an unqualified success. This second brew is better carbonated (first was borderline flat) and it is more flavorful than Hank’s Hefeweizen. Both kits were from Northernbrewer.com.

    Wheat beer with several inches of foam. It is on a wooden cutting board and a bottle opener is in front of it. ATP is the logo on the beer.

    California Scrub-Jays carefully inspecting our just planted peppers and tomatoes🌱

    Good morning, Waffle! 🧇

    a just cooked golden brown waffle being extracted from the waffle maker

    Colors balance shift is a key part of Film recipes so my Shortcut would fail to match as white balance would inexplicably reset via Q. Fujifilm found the bug too: “bug has been fixed, which caused that WB SHIFT saved as ‘CUSTOM’ would be disabled by operating the ’Q’ menu.”

    Hefeweizen bottling day. Here’s my factory. This’ll be the last brew until winter as I don’t use much air conditioning or have a fridge for fermenting. I’m quite happy with seasonal brewing. It’s kinda stressful!

    three TV trays arranged around a chair with various bottling implements.

    Avocado flowers! 🌱🌳

    understated avocado flowers with barely any sepals. two flies are enjoying the plant.ladybugs enjoying the avocado tree.

    Assassin bugs are bad ass. They seem to be more common than ever in our yards. They’re also not camera shy. We welcome them!

    assassin bug with a speared bug... and dead bugs around it. assassin bug with a speared bug... and dead bugs around it.

    Poppies (1st photo) are now in full bloom and clarkias (2nd) are about to do the same. 🌱

    front yard landscape with golden poppiesmagenta clarkia flowers

    Recent mornings, our cultivated native California grape leaf tips have droplets of water. Apparently this process is called guttation. They’re likely telling me to cut back on way earlier than normal drip watering. 🌱

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