Western Toad finally makes a reappearance in the backyard and it has GROWN. Wish I had something for scale.

The Annie Cat is so displeased that the game controller isn’t working right.

Excellent sourdough shape, crumb, and pretty good flavor (48 hour refrigerator proof).

Today’s obligatory wildfire smoke scene. Halide app made it dead easy to override auto white balance.

Winds started after midnight here and dramatically warmed the air from ~75 to ~87°F. Likely katabatic winds.

Blue Jay yelling at everything this afternoon. Maybe it’s angry at the wildfire smoke.

Can confirm.

Oof.

Good morning: light of sunrise reflecting off the smoke.

Today starts an oppressive heat wave. At least the humidity is low. The smoke from California fires is thin today so not getting much help from it.