The Eagles - Hotel California 🎵🎶 Reimagined on the Traditional Chinese Guzheng | Moyun

It's 4:30 a.m. and very, very quiet. 'Twas not always this way, i.e. a damn car alarm went off about an hour and a half ago, utterly shattering the possibility of sleep ever again.

We are all that cat. But, yes, the turtle on a skateboard is total genius.

I just love this.

First analytics of the year. Pinot pH seems slightly higher than normal for this level of sugar. Still think we are about 8-10 days out from harvest. Expect that harvest Brix will be about 22

The neighborhood bully orange cat just came by to mix it up with my peace loving kitty. I didn’t fully appreciate that there are cats who savor being real jerks.

Peche de vigne. Ripens in synch with the Pinot ⁦Popelouchum⁩

Heading to a well recommended restaurant in the Santa Cruz area, said to be sometimes a bit arbitrary anent their hours of operation. What could go wrong of a Saturday night?

Having some blood drawn this morning for routine tests. Still tends to freak me out. #testingonetwothree

Restorative taco after the blood draw from the neighborhood truck. Life is suddenly getting better. Note it was the taco not the blood draw from the truck.

What a smooth operator he is.

What an extraordinary being.

The most visceral memories of harvest are being out in the field at still dark o’clock.

Just treated myself to some greengage plums from Andy’s Orchard. Certainly the most perfect plum and arguably in the Top Three of stone fruits.

It is getting too dangerously close to midnight, the appointed hour of tomorrow’s Bee.

Twitterati, I am having great difficulty finding someone in the Bay Area with a license to pack specialty condiments, viz. Cougna. There’s apparently an issue with including high pH bits such as hazelnuts. The fruit is at the door!

Do you know why you can't see this video on Twitter? Because Elon Musk is deleting anything that opposes A. Trump. You know what to do!

In light of the (fairly inevitable) heat wave, making some last minute (ok, last days) adjustments in the picking program for the Pinot. When grapes are already fairly water stressed, sugars have a tendency to really jump.

Picking the first grapes of the season tomorrow. Have a substantial crew of volunteers and not very many grapes

Whatever is the opposite of fresh as a daisy, that is what I am this a.m. #bringmedeadflowers