Hale's Apple Orchard

· Maine Event

Today we started as usual and went on our morning walk. Then we figured out our adventures for the day. We walked on the West County Regional Trail, which we could pick up close to our house, and it was just under a two-mile walk to Hale's Apple Orchard. At the Thursday Mission Farmers Market (close to our SF flat) there is a super cute old guy who sells apples, and it's from here! So we walked there and got Johnathans, Baldwins, and a new kind for us called an Ashmead's Kernal. We also got a kabocha squash and two large heirloom tomatoes. Then we came home to cool off. It was a high of 75°, but hot weather to walk in, and only a little breezy in some places. We did a few other errands and then had a chill day. We had dinner out at The Redwood, which is a really fun and very good restaurant that also sells natural wines. It's getting dark really early these days, and the clouds were starting to gather. Overall, an excellent day.

Sage
and sage
Love-in-a-mist seed pod
Duck Pond
Look what we spotted in the duck pond! And there was more than one!!!!
What a pretty Oleander
Cats of Sebastopol
Pink bottle brush.. Who knew? ...I thought they were all red
On the walk to Hale's apple farm, there were many other farms
Painted stones at the place of many Cedar Waxwings
Chicory. The farm I grew up on was named after it.
I think my tiny cactus struggling in SF that is the size of my pinkie is one of these!
New Apple! It's supposed to be tart.
We walked back on the same trail but saw totally different things
After dinner, we found a better way back to the place we are staying
It's Apple country up here, although the vineyards are starting to take over the orchards, unfortunately
Moon is trying to find a way through the clouds
CATS
OF
SEBASTOPOL

Do something out of the ordinary - pretend you are new in your area. What magic will you discover today?

Sending oodles of love, Tawnia

Bird List - 32 species today

Mallard
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Hutton's Vireo
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
California Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Townsend's Warbler