Crash!

This was a tough week.

E had her first set of shots and was a brave little girl at the doctor's but was a major fuss-pot the rest of the day and night. She was not a happy little girl. Happily she's back to her adorable self but it was rough. So hard to see the little one not feeling well...

Earlier in the week a crazy windstorm toppled one of our Eucalyptus trees. In the middle of the night we heard a loud crack, a woosh and a crash. That morning C discovered that our aprium tree had been squashed, our nectarine tree suffered a pretty killer hit and the cherry tree up on the hill barely escaped. The pictures aren't easy to decipher but I wager the Eucalyptus measures in at a solid 80-90 feet tall. We're having that other big one cut down on Friday...too damn scary.

And we (or more specifically C) had yet another bad run in with that damn poison oak. If someone could come up with a vaccination again poison oak they'd be a millionaire. That stuff is so nasty and serves no purpose. No beautiful flowers or unique nutritional benefit to other animals that counter the viciousness. I don't get it.


Lastly, we seem to have a major and disgusting fly infestation somewhere in the house. We can't figure out where they're coming from. There must be a breeding spot somewhere. Not in the trash, or the compost....in a plant? Ugh.

Oh, but we did find a hummingbird nest in our orange tree!