A beautiful day outside.  Two storms coming in - smaller one blew through with a few sprinkles overnight.  Major rain maker scheduled for tomorrow. Makes the photographer side of me smile - I love clouds and clean air.  The agriculture side of me weeps along with the rest of the farmers - Raisins still drying in the fields on paper trays, walnuts and almonds frantically being shaken and swept up, Cotton balls on the plants not ready to pick.  Rain can devalue their crops significantly.  But my allergies will like having dust washed from the air.

I had to go out and try to capture some images of fruits (before the rain) where I needed more or better mages for my files.  While in the Fig section of the budwood orchard, I ran across this dependable, heavy bearing variety - Italian Everbearing Fig.  Had to share some images of the fruit just begging to be plucked.

Italian Everbearing Fig

Lot of other fig photos taken as well.  Osborne Prolific, White Genoa, White Kadota and Texas Everbearing.  If time and weather permits, might have some fig jam in the near future!

Ron Ludekens 10-4-2011