Apricots

A picture of a lug of apricots! They were 20 bucks. From Stanislaus County. They're called "ruby red" but i haven't found any information on this type of apricot at all. Maybe the farmers made the name up hoping to trademark it or something.

I also like the way they vary in color when they are laid out on the table like this.

Apricot is the champagne of jams, or is that an appropriate analogy? The queen of stone fruits?

On the windowsill are garden tomatoes... they are all we have from 5 plants all week but they are ripening rapidly as we pass summer solstice.