Tallulah-Palooza Friday

Tallulah Mae wants to wish our friend Miss D. a very happy birthday today--it's a special one! Cheers!

Rose Spotting

Roses in the wild! On the bushes, before they are brought in to make the whole house smell heavenly!

Donut, Star

This it what it looks like when the best husband ever drops off a fresh warm donut to you on his way to work.

Despite all of the hip and gourmet donut shops around at the moment, I personally find it hard to beat an old-school donut from Donut Star, which has been in the 'hood for quite a long time. I mean, I like ALL donuts--as my large derriere will testify--but a good old-fashioned donut wins every time.

Random Heart, Rose Petal Edition

Hello Again

I was just saying to someone that I have not seen any monarch butterfly caterpillars this year, and lo and behold, look who I found (I also found a dead one, boo!). The milkweed is quite sparse this year, so I worry that there will not be enough to feed this dude/dudette until it becomes a chrysalis.

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

 Small...

 Medium...

 Large.

(She's so pretty, isn't she? Doting mom here...)

Starry Starry

...this pretty red flower has fallen from the pomegranate tree. One fewer pomegranate, alas...

Perfection

Such a perfect little strawberry...

Weedy Beauty

Even weeds can be beautiful...

The First

The first blooms of 2017! Gorgeous and oh-so-fragrant...lots more buds on the bushes, too, so fingers crossed!

Happy Easter!

 Easter Bunny or Tallulah Mae? You be the judge!

(She was inspecting the clean laundry...)

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

Mistress of her domain...

Take a Hike

 Last Friday we went for a hike at the Crestridge Ecological Reserve; this was a hike led by the Nature Conservancy (we are donors). Lovely area, and relatively close to urban San Diego--we'll have to go back! Many wildflowers here, too, just as in Anza-Borrego.

 The trail goes right by an active avocado orchard...

 Avocado!