A squash blossom exclaims, trumpets, shouts — nothing quiet or sedate or self-contained in its open-armed joy.

The unreserved brashness of the blossom matches the full-speed-ahead production the fruit of the vines.

My daughter found our first overlooked zucchini of the season yesterday, about a foot long and destined for lunch and dinner — too much for a single meal!

Alongside the calendar and the solstice and the heat and the long sun-drenched hours, squash tell me it’s summer.

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At last, a bunch of Roma tomatoes that have sat around for weeks being green are ripening.

My glee was trimmed on noticing the hole in the bottom of the one on the right.

Some bug beat me to it!

Ah, well. I garden without poison because I don’t want to accidentally hurt one of our pets, a neighbor’s pet or a child. Losses to pests are expected.

I’ll wash it thoroughly and eat it for lunch today, with slivers of onion, a shake of salt, a couple turns of freshly ground black pepper and a bit of grated Romano cheese.

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• Twitter to take control of link-shortening, http://bit.ly/cRTgBi | to protect against "malicious content" #
• Susan B. Anthony List celebrates primary wins of Carly Fiorina in California & Sharron Angle in Nevada, http://bit.ly/cBsaq1 #
• New at RCCA: CQ Politics: Fiorina Already Targeting Boxer In CA Senate Race http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11277 #
• SacBee's Capitol Alert provides text of Meg Whitman's acceptance speech for CA GOP governor primary, http://bit.ly/aUJvJU #
• Geraghty in The Morning Jolt: "I suspect we'll see a lot of Demonsheep in old trucks in coming months." | Fiorina & Brown dancing arm-in-arm #
• RT @brooksbayne: Twitter testsURL shortener http://bit.ly/aS75QJ twitter should focus on eliminating "over capacity" scenarios | <– yes! #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11288 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: DUI Checkpoint This Saturday http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11295 #
• Barry Ritholtz recommends reading former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker in the NY Review of Books, http://bit.ly/b1mReM | <– what Volcker said #
• The Beck Effect: Hayek's "Road To Serfdom" rockets to #1 of all books on Amazon after mention on Beck's show, http://bit.ly/9LbKpa #
• Keith Hennessey shoots down Dem claims on job creation under Prez B Cool, http://bit.ly/dvLnip | pick your timeframe carefully… #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14948 #
• New at RCCA: The NRSC Targets Boxer http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11299 #
• New at Traces: Initial Jobless Claims Data Bring No Happy News http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=16096 #
• RT @PoliticalTicker: November true test for Tea Party success http://bit.ly/a93Sdv | but weren't PRIMARIES supposed to test #teaparty ? #
• New at RCCA: California In The Weekly Unemployment Report http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11303 #
• New at RCCA: California Unemployment Visualized From 1980 Through 2009 http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11307 #
• RT @inkdtweet: If you missed it yesterday, check out our latest on the Inkd blog: The Top 12 SEO Mistakes Designers Make http://ow.ly/1WN5r #
• New at Traces: Gallup: Self-Reported Spending Disparity In May 2010 http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=16105 #
• Zemanta update requires use of visual blog editor, http://bit.ly/bTsc48 | tripped on that before reading about it: aargh! #
• Zombie bills major CA races as Dinosaurs v. Zillionaires, http://bit.ly/b6XhVg | anybody but Jerry, anybody but Boxer #
• New at RCCA: Larry Sabato Assesses The Fall California Top-of-the-Ticket http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11314 #
• NYT: General Motors bans Chevy nameplate nickname in the name of brand consistency, http://nyti.ms/cY7fyP | dumb #
• Peggy Noonan: nine years after the first 9/11, we are not prepared for another 9/11, http://bit.ly/d9kYz5 | who is at fault? #
• Newsweek: "The Christian right is now poised to become a women's movement — and Sarah Palin its earthy Jerry Falwell." #
• New at RCCA: California State Parks Initiative Approved For November Ballot http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11319 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: City Officials Visit Union Bank http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11324 #
• WSJ: retail sales fell 1.2% in May,http://bit.ly/9dpfM0 #
• New at Traces: May Retail Sales Fall 1.2% http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=16109 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14951 #
• SacBee CapitolAlert: slim chance that CA state legislators will meet constitutional deadline for new budget. | Let fingerpointing begin! #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Washington First International Bank In Seattle, WA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=16116 #
• USNews: 11 Ways to Prepare for a Double-Dip Recession, http://bit.ly/9gV3b4 #
• New at Traces: Vodkapundit Reunifies Suckitude http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=16119 #
• New at RCCA: <i>¿Como se dice</i> “pander” <i>en español?</i> http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11332 #
• New at RCCA: Carly v. Barbara: It’s Not About The Hair http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=11337 #
• AP does a blatant Jerry's-of-the-little-people, Meg's-a-silver-spoonster, http://bit.ly/aEqZoP | Gov Moonbeam's little people moonies #
• 7.7 mag quake 275 miles WNW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, http://bit.ly/bImtSh #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14957 #
• New at Traces: Sand In The Gears Of The Economy http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=16157 #
• Boudreaux on the FTC's illogical threat to investigate Apple over mobile phone software, http://bit.ly/cTntwj | Don't succeed or they'll sue #
• Calculated Risk: mortgage equity extraction strongly negative in 2010 Q1, http://bit.ly/c5H67T | foreclosures, debt forgiveness NOT paydowns #
• NY state to allow its cities to borrow from state pension fund to meet reqd pmts to same pension fund, http://bit.ly/cVZ5PQ | insane #
• Radio Shack catalogs as a window on a dramatic improvement in standard of living, http://bit.ly/9egpfn | 1985: MS-DOS computer for $4250 #
• Bryan Caplan: Did Harold & Kumar break the logjam on legal pot? http://bit.ly/c4Qjq8 | Can H&K overthrow the minimum wage? Me: likely not. #
• New at Traces: Smart Dog, Dirty Pool http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=16166 #

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