Picking fruit

Location, Home in CA

The insurance adjuster called us after looking at the car. He can’t believe how bad the damage is. They have declared it a total loss. It was in really good shape with low miles so the adjusted value is fairly high. However much we get will not cover the cost of a new vehicle of course. We will not begin to look for a replacement until we return from this trip.

Today was taken up with running errands, washing the truck, shopping, and loading clothes in the trailer. We don’t plan to leave until 10 or 11 tomorrow morning.

I have been picking boysenberries every other day. I get about 5 or 6 strawberry baskets each time. After freezing them on trays, they look like ju-ju-bees, I store them in the freezer. We are also starting to get apricots, a few, and Santa Rosa plums. There are not many apricots this year, and the plums are all on one side of the tree. I think the wind we had this spring blew all the blossoms off before the fruit set. With us not being here anyway, it is a moot point. The neighbors will pick what the can.