home again, home again, jiggity jig

Just back from a week of fieldwork in AZ, hence the posts-from-the-road.
It was lovely, as always:


But it is nice to be home again, even if it is about five thousand degrees outside. I have three days to do laundry and air out my tent before I head back out. Who wants to get together?


The dill is blooming,



the basil is finally growing,


And Adam brought a whole cooler-full of cherries back from Michigan. Two bins of sours in the freezer now for pies later, but first off we have to gorge on all the sweets. What a predicament. Anyone want a bowl of summertime goodness?