Spidra's Party in the Back garden

As small as the Dancy tangerines, maybe even smaller, but it tastes so much better. The tree has always struggled. My friend who was plant sitting said she felt very sorry for it. It’s like the xmas tree in the Charlie Brown cartoon. Regardless, the fruit tastes much better than the healthier Dancy tangerine.

I got to taste the first of my Dancy tangerines this year. I wouldn’t mind the small size if it were packed with flavor but it was a bit mediocre.

I’ve learned that I need to cut this plant back or it gets sparse at the bottom and keeps growing at the top. It wasn’t getting enough water earlier this year but it looks much better since I caught that problem.

It has set a nice crop and it looks like it won’t be too too long before they’re ready to pick. Hard to tell with citrus, though.

They’re probably only a couple weeks from being ripe. My first decent sized crop off this tree.

I usually see humming birds on my salvias, but I was stunned to see a hummingbird nursing one of these while I was showing a prospective housemate around. I wish I hadn’t been busy housemate-hunting because I would have dropped everything to grab the camera.

It’s been nearly a month since I had the physical ability and time (at the same time) to paint. Slowest. Painting. EVAH. Tonight I did 3/4 of the underpainting for the ‘Earli Autumn’ apricot, ‘Autumn Glo’ apricot and the low chill cherries. I also added more depth to the leaves of the Achillea millefolium, added the blooms and the leaf highlights.