§ The first fruit on our heirloom tomato plant finally ripened this week. Unfortunately I left it on the vine one day too long and a deer decided to take a big chomp out of it. We were devastated.
Elsewhere in the garden the passionflower vine has suddenly popped out a number of quickly-growing maypop fruits. I finally discovered last year that fully ripe maypop fruit is incredibly delicious so I won’t be picking them until the very last moment. Fingers crossed the deer don’t suddenly get a taste for these too.
§ I’ve been seriously debating getting some sort of dumb phone ever since the baby was born. The problem has always been finding something that satisfies all of the small but important things I use my smartphone for throughout the day. GPS, reminders, and tap to pay, to name a few.
Recently I’ve started to think that maybe an Apple Watch is the most prudent solution? Especially a cellular model so that I can leave my phone behind? For the past few years I’ve been wearing a WiFi only Series 4 and increasingly battery life is becoming a serious hinderance. Even on days with effectively no use it is at 20% by 4:00 PM. The big question is whether should I wait to see the new Watch models when they are released in September or if I should just pull the trigger now on a refurbished Series 10.
§ On Friday I visited the local nature reserve for the first time in a while. It is always fascinating to see how dramatically it changes between visits. Now there are fields of wild carrots all in bloom and the tree canopies suddenly erupt into the song of countless cicadas. Along the path I picked a handful of ripe black raspberries (shh, don’t tell anyone!). I’m pretty sure I had never eaten them before—they’re tasty!
