Greetings from NorCal. It's too dark for a weather visual but I can report it is 46F and very damp out. I have hot tea.

Greetings from NorCal. It's dawn and 48F. I have tea.

My croissants came out spectacular. So delicious.

@Bliss Very tiny hail so no damage thank goodness. Just some weather excitement for this part of NorCal!

Good heavens! It's hailing here!

#Weather

Trying to get in a little writing in between an overbooked baking day.

Newspapers fetched with very happy macaw. He is now eating his birdie bread and very happy indeed as I made it fresh this morning while I was doing the croissant dough folds and prepping the sourdough bread dough.

Greetings from NorCal. Gotta go get the bird up! But first, a couple more sips of coffee.

Here's the USGS Mauna Loa eruption live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnjGqn1K9ZQ

#Volcano #MaunaLoa #USGS

@suullus Hot sauce ought to taste good! Otherwise it's just suffering.

I'll be honest. I'm a little disappointed in the hot sauce I processed today. I fermented it for 14 months and it's super duper hot, but not as tasty as my usual. Will return to my previous recipes and spices.

@BillyBones My neighbor makes life-changing fruitcake. Seriously. So, for hers, try not to eat too much too fast. Anything like that picture you posted and it's straight to the compost. Life is too short for that.

@BugsnYogi My son lives in Seattle!

@BugsnYogi Yikes! We only get snow here every 1-2 decades . . .

Weather visual: foggy. Weather physical: OMG it's wet and cold!

@anni Beautiful color!