Last year the figs started to ripen around late August. This year they are a bit early and the weather is not cooperating.  I thought my biggest worries for the figs was “the race”. “The race” is between me, the birds, and the bugs.  We all seem to know just when the figs are […]

I was both surprised and disappointed back in April when I saw figs already on the tree. Last year, I was picking ripe figs around October so figs in April would be ripe much sooner than that. Also, the number of figs was very low. I wasn’t sure if fig trees has “off years”. […]

This morning, after Zen’s business, breakfast, and start of her first nap … and my checking email, reading blogs, and deciding how to survive the heat … I head a familiar bird. I had not seen it around since last fall. I quickly ran outside to see if indeed it was back. Sure enough it […]

It’s been nearly nine months since i described the difference between “from here ” and “come here” people.
At that time, I described the notion that there are people who move to an area with the expectation that they will some how magically make the new land “just the way they want”. Then there are people […]