Fresh fruit in our backyard

The fruit trees in our yard are really coming along at this time of the year. The blueberries and loquats are ripe and ready for eating, and the pears, apples, and pomegranates are well on their way!

Today we picked a bowlful of fresh blueberries, which will make for great additions to our cereal this week. We also brought in a few of the loquats. We still haven't come up with a great use for these, other than eating them fresh. They have a tart flavor and are similar in texture to kiwi. If anyone has any good ideas for cooking with this funny fruit, please share!

Alemany Farmer's market

Today we spent the morning wandering around the Farmer's Market on Alemany Boulevard in San Francisco. Now I love going to farmer's markets, and I think this is one of the best markets in the city. The fresh produce, the vibrant colors, the chocolate croissants! Yummy.

We started as we always do, stopping by the bakery stand and ordering some pastries for breakfast. We had our usual chocolate croissant as well as a cinnamon sugar twist.

Next we did the full loop, checking out all of the fresh produce. We settled on a nice assortment of fruits and vegetables. The most exciting item of produce we saw today at the market was fresh sugar cane, very cool! On our way out, we also grabbed some fresh flowers-- gerber daisies.