Today’s celebratory homemade sourdough loaf and Prosecco

I’m looking forward to winter. Summer was far too long.

For today and a while after the election, Twitter & Instagram apps are removed from my devices. So far I’m avoiding their web counterparts. Instead, let’s enjoy some tiny coyote bush flowers!

Dark-Eyed Junco (Oregon) in the backyard! Had to photograph it through binoculars.

Northern Mockingbird in our backyard. They’re not nearly as brave as the scrub jays but they’re using our backyard more and more.

Got two volunteer conifer seedlings in the backyard — their needles are roundish and pointy, not in clusters. Thinking maybe spruce? 🧐 We’re encouraging them.

TBH, Fall is grilling season here.

A happy scrub jay feasting on some big bird seeds.

Gorgeous loaf of homemade sourdough.

Tore out the bark beetle infested Lapins Cherry today. It was half dead by beetles girdling it. In November we’ll put in a new Lapins Cherry from Stark Bros.. The old tree was from a big box store and while it provided prodigious fruit it was oddly pruned and I couldn’t fix it.