Quentin Quail and family

Look how busy it's been in our garden this spring and summer! We've had a few California Quail families and such cute little babes! Hope you like the photos:

Everything is tickety-boo

Here are the things that have happened this week that made me feel that life is tickety-boo!  Hope you had plenty too:

• my parents are settling in well in their new home. They moved only a couple of weeks ago, and are already finding lots to do and meeting new people and their home is all sorted!
• anticipation of my upcoming trip to see my sister, bro-in-law and nephews in Sanibel
• trying new recipes - like cauliflower pizza! More on that later.
• singing at a retreat from 9 - 3 on Saturday and loving it!
• having the support of like minded people - particularly those in Camerata
• a lovely luncheon at Kendall Jackson for their grape growers.  It was so delightful and interesting too to hear about the latest on wine sales and the industry etc
• sharing our home with people for a different luncheon - even if it did get up to 97 degrees and we were eating outside!
• sunshine and cool nights
• the first fruits of our nectarine harvest
• having so many quail families with all their babes living in our vineyard
• new recipe books!
• how about just books!  I loooooove books, as Mr Amazon will tell you :-D
• missing family.  Yes, it seems odd that missing people should make me feel tickety-boo but it does.  Having special people in your life is what is important, even if you aren't together all the time.