Dead flat indeed it was coming back from grocery shopping wednesday. Amazing, the mighty Pacific stretching thousands of miles across from here and tiny lapping wavelets as we came round Rocky Point. And an aptly named hurricane approaching Baja and California - the northern hemisphere time for weather while we're on a break. (oops soz, politics).

Shoots appearing on stumps and several persimmon cuttings showing leaves, though maybe from store in sticks and not rooting but one can hope. Maybe I should bonsai everything...

Gawd, I wish I didn't have to prep and scrape before painting but HRH is mending the ride-on deck...division of labour and I'm too witless to do clever jobs.