“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path, and that will make all the difference.” - Steve Jobs

Memorial for Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)
Cupertino, CA

It’s one week later. Lots of apples and it smells like rain and roses here.

Great speech by Jobs at Stanford University’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005 via Youtube. The above quote can be found at 05:08/15:05

In our part of California, the leaves are finally starting to show their fall colors. It seem the rest of the country is already covered in deep snow, while we are just noticing the changing colors.

But this won’t last long, as the rain and wind comes it will all be blown to the ground. Time to rake the leaves, turn them to compost and hibernate until spring.

Autumn in December at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino, California. 67°F

iPhone photos.

When I visited Blackberry Farm recently, I didn’t realize the community garden was actually part of Santa Clara County Master Gardner’s Program.

Pretty purple tip Dahlia.

It just happen to be located near the Blackberry Farm. And the berry farm isn’t really a farm, just like Knott’s Berry Farm isn’t a real farm either. It’s more of a summertime recreational center with a swimming pool. No wonder it’s been close for the season and there weren’t much people around. But most of all I wanted to share more photos from McClellan Ranch Community Garden and creek in Cupertino, California.

Lonely lopsided Halloween pumpkin.

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M and I visited Blackberry Farm in Cupertino, CA. It reminded me of the blackberry farm in Pescadero. Except we were not near the ocean. But it was nicely tucked in amongst the suburbs. And the entrance was free, plus eating tangy blackberries optional. There was also a small creek that ran through the park, complete with river rocks too.

The best part of this farm was the community garden and the local 4H club animal farm. There were even some real live bee hives! Even though I love bees, I was still very scared to get too close to the hives. Maybe if I had a bee suit.

The 4 H club had many animals. But I was particularity interested in the goats. There are three different breeds of goats, diary goats, meat goats, and other dual purpose (fiber) goats. There were goats with small ears and some with big ears. The small ears one were called La Mancha and the big floppy ears named Nubian. The La Mancha are a medium sized breed, developed in the USA from goats of Spanish origin. They are known to have an excellent dairy temperament (good for producing goat milk). And these La Mancha are considered to be very friendly, naturally healthy and sturdy animals.

My favorite type of goats was the Pygmy goat. They are small and cute. Pygmy goats are one of the most popular breed for meat, but now are more popular as pet. They are small goats of African origin. This one in the middle (looking at camera) let me pet it’s chin for the longest time! I would love to have Pygmy goats as pet some day. As well as other goats for the milk.