The Annie Cat in a box.

Bee butt on the first understated blooms of our cultivated Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia).

An unidentified grasshopper of some kind on our cultivated native California wild rose. Genus _Scudderia_?

Lunchtime snack: Sweet Cherries fresh from the backyard tree.

Freshly churned strawberry ice cream.

Lunch today: Chuck Roast (left over) Sandwich. Cooked on Baking Steel.

chuck roast (left over) sandwiches on homemade sourdough. The Baking Steel is pretty great as a griddle.

Cherry tree update: almost dark red! (and then they’re hopefully ripe and sweet; had two today and they were not there yet: tasted like early season supermarket cherries.)

The backyard native California grapes are about done flowering and beginning to swell.

Metallic flagging and a fake hawk to discourage birds from the cherries. The blue jays are smart and eventually don’t care but smaller birds stay away. Just say no to critter killing netting.