May has been a roller coaster so far. It has been hot – in the 80’s and tonight we are going to have a freeze. It has been a very active season in the garden. Bluebirds are nesting in their houses, robins in the cedar outside my window, and Carolina wrens in a plant on the porch. The orioles have returned for their grape jelly treats and hummingbirds entertain us all day long. A fox has been hunting daily (she has 5 kits nearby).
There is so much to see in the garden right now. I will try to take more photos and share them soon.
Gramma Penny's Garden 
Gorgeous as always🩷 Have you seen the kits?
Just a picture of them from my neighbor’s yard
Frost after warm weather is a limiting factor for some of the stone fruits, and a primary reason stone fruit orchards occupied the Santa Clara Valley for so long. Frost is mild here, and happens only in winter. Early warmth late in winter followed by a late frost damaged or ruined production of early blooming orchards. Fortunately, it was rare.
The stone fruit was already ruined earlier this spring. We had a freeze last night – I lost deciduous azalea blossoms, toad lilies, some perennial mums, disporum flavum and kirengeshoma palmata
You know, . . . we may not be able to grow some cultivars of apples that require more chill, but it is worth it. I would be very angry if azalea bloom got frosted.