Falafel soft tacos tonight since we had dry chickpeas, the herb garden was begging for it, and we always have corn tortillas. Topped with red onion quick pickle and herbed buttermilk 🧆
Think we might get cherries in mid to late May! A few tree branches have extremely undersized leaves because of bark beetle damage starving the branches of resources. Mainly from metallic bark beetles. Two branches completely died last year so they got lopped.
Got a few Apricot fruits to set... in a few weeks they may drop as the tree balances its energy.
First elderberry flowers in the backyard.
Our (majority) whole wheat crust pizza.
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Apple delayed shipment of 2020 MacBook Air. Understandable. Buyer’s remorse came fast and furious so I canceled. I’ll keep mashing those butterfly keys for a while longer.
Home fried sweet potato chips. Because we didn’t use the potato in a Massaman curry last week (had spaghetti instead).
I’m experimenting with Meteobridge Templates and Siri Shortcuts so Siri can tell me about the weather just by pulling data off the local network data logger. Works pretty good!
Newly emerged ladybug 🐞
Future native California grapes.🐞🐝
Was prepping the vegetable garden bed and had to dodge lots of ladybugs.
We had been planning a May trip to Germany for a few years. We’re cancelling it. We're patiently waiting to get a refund for airfare. We’re glad to have booked cancellable hotels and trains. Our German friends are encouraging a visit next year.
Front yard (mostly) native garden update.
Good morning! Here’s Orion’s Belt of Ladybugs on white clover.
Yellow Dal w/Garlic & Brown Basmati and make ahead veggie enchiladas all at once.
Our local grocery store’s distributor ran out of eggs by the dozen. 😕
What do you need this morning? Bee butt on Gilia flowers and Baby Blue Eyes.
Realized we can keep our front door open with closed screen because there shouldn’t be door to door sales people right now. The Annie Cat is in heaven.
Takeout from a local Orland, CA restaurant. Even in rural California, online takeout is available! Several restaurants here are offering online orders or call-in. One restaurant has kits to make meals. Another has frozen takeout. 🤞
