It’s a cold and rainy Saturday. I’m baking an apple pie and my captain is making yet another shelf for more seashells. Good times, y’all.

We don’t have snow on the ground, but some trees do lose their leaves and change color, like this fruit-bearing mulberry.

I snapped a pic of a super active yellow finch in our artichoke plant.

Take the steps up to the second level

and more steps to the highest point of our yard planted in California natives-sages, buckwheat, sumac, and cactus.

A view to the east of Calavera with Mt. Laguna further in the distance.

Check out our lawn and house from the hill. It’s a work-in-progress.

I hope everyone is enjoying the last Saturday before 2013!