First of the season California cherries - today in Dixon (Pedrick Rd. fruit stand) $2.49/lb. Already bagged in 2+lb bags - mixed degrees of ripeness, but who the eff cares - at $2.49 and available, yay. A few minutes earlier, while driving on I-80, I had mentioned that the cherries should be ready soon, and I don't think today's rain should affect the ripening crop. And voila, within a couple of minutes, one of the signs on the side of the freeway said "Cherries $2.49/lb" and we got two lanes over, exited, and bought a bunch of stuff, including cilantro at 25¢ a bunch, artichokes, onions, yellow bell peppers, blueberries (first that I've seen not imported all year), an orange cauliflower, and another thing or two.

Yes you haters, you hate California until we export all this deliciousness to you