Project Make My Own Food is on to the second stage: potting up! Not pictured is 6 more tomato seedlings that I didn't have room for, because germination on my saved seeds from last year was so good.

At a gaming con, in medieval costume, donating blood. Now that's what I call anachronism!

New utility vehicle does not have the traction for offroading in the loose soil of the pasture, but luckily it *does* have a working winch to get it back on the packed trail!

First flowers of spring! Manzanita "Sunset" (a cross between the two local species Pajaro manzanita and Hooker's manzanita) which was a gift from my sister-in-law, and Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima)

Check out this tiny kinglet, gleaning bugs from the underside of a leaf on my coast live oak. I love it when the little agile birds perch upside down like this! It was part of a mixed flock with chickadee, bushtits, and a Townsend's Warbler that came through while I was making my coffee ❤️

New toy! This cute all-electric cart has a built-in tilt-bed and will make it much easier to cart hay to the horses and get the garbage cans up and down the long driveway.

Fancy mushrooms spotted while out walking! I'm no mycologist but image search makes me think these might be Western Jack-o'-lantern mushroom.

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