Our regular yard has otherwise been doing ok, especially our bird of paradise that has narrowly escaped death and gave us a nice flower ago:

we're happy to have our bird of paradise to have recovered so nicely :)

Our strawberries look good for the season :)

Our orange tree isn't doing as well

but the 4 apple tree is doing good

so is the pear tree

blueberries look like they're going to be good this year :)

blackberries, so so, we'll see how the new irrigation helps

raspberries look promissing

And newcomers:

we'll have tomatoes one day

this was a small squash I got at Earth day at work, it's doing great

and our herbs are doing nicely too

I think we'll have some decent harvests this year :)

These guys have been the most common visitors:

The black heads that used to tap our windows to wake us up seem to shy to get seeds from the feeder, but are happy to take them from the ground. Hopefully they don't become cat food as a result (we saw that a dove that was apparently planning on feasting on our strawberries got nailed by a neighbouring cat).

Speaking of cats, the passing birds sure keep our cat entertained :) Somehow they know that they are safe on the other side of the glass window. Good for them :)

The seeds that fall on the ground also don't go to waste with our squirrels. This young small one is kind of cute :)

So there you go, it's been nice :)

There were all kinds of makers, from costumes, burning man machines, talks from famous people (from mythbusters' Adam Savage, to Arduino Creators from Italy, and the creator of the longest flying paper airplane).

A really cool construction where bikes that you could use to play tron:

a former coworker showing off his burning man snake

Mythbusters' Adam Savage, gave us a good speech again. Well worth attending.

Some of it is recent science, but I wish I had learned about it in school instead of the centuries of long dead french kings and their families :)

Here are the documentaries I recommend: