It's cold, it's dark, it's almost winter. So enjoy these buckets of roses and other flowers from our field picked last summer.

#flowers #floral #roses #farmlife

Me, learning to drive as a kid on a corn farm a long long time ago.

#farm #farmlife #tractor

Early morning sensory joy on the farm.

Petting a feathery, sweet and sun-warmed dinosaur, it's just the best.

#emu #farmlife #barnyard

November roses from the flower field. I can never get enough of them.

#roses #flowerfarmer #floral #farmlife #farmher

We held a wreath making workshop on the farm, and though I have dozens of pretty wreaths to show you, this is my favorite photo of them all.

Our "feral" farm cat Lono is a lap opportunist, and this was his lucky day. 😆

#wreath #cat #farmlife

Did you say ... breakfast?

#emu #llama #alpaca #farmlife

I am soooo close to being down with the Fall fruit harvest. I tired.

Today, I harvested the last of the quince. This variety is Aromatanaya from around the Black Sea in Turkey.

Quince are the weird cousins to apples and pears. They must be cooked to be eaten, and then, they are incredible. They are the fruit behind membrillo, which is a concentrated quince paste.

#quince #orchard #farm #farming

Happy Friday everyone!

I always start in black and white, and sometimes I stop there too.

#bw #grayscale #penandink #dahlia #floral #flowers

Good morning nice people!

This is a photo from a beach near my home in Aptos, California. The crumbling ship at the end of the pier is a relic from WW2, now happily colonized by sea lions, seals and birds.