Sunday I completed the final leg of my trip home to Vista. I left Daly City late in the morning, stopping at Andy Mariani's fruit orchard in Morgan Hill. It was cherry tasting day, with at least 40 varieties to taste. I was under directions to bring some to friend Steve Facciola, so Andy gave me a slew of paper bags, into each of which I put a handful of one variety, being careful to label the bag. Very important step, as Steve is an authority on edible plants and is working on the 3rd edition of his sourcebook, Cornucopia. I asked Andy if he had ever met my father, from his connection with the Rare Fruit Society. He hadn't but said he had heard of him. "He was legendary!"
Otherwise, the trip was non-eventful until I got near Santa Barbara. For some unknown reason the traffic crawled from north of Goleta to way south of Carpinteria. It took me an hour and a half to go 30 miles. Lots of traffic going through L.A., as usual, but it moved pretty well. The Angelenos really know how to deal with traffic, they have enough practice. With stops for lunch and dinner, I didn't get home until after 11 pm. But the house was cleaner than when I had left it nearly 8 months ago! Steve did it! Good thing I stopped to get those cherries.
It is wonderful to be back in California. Jacaranda is in bloom in the southern half of the state. Beautiful! Even better to sleep in my own bed and to have a wonderful pot of tea in the morning.
[See the comment on my previous post re arriving in Daly City. I could not post to the blog from Mother's computer, tho I could comment.]
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