Father's Day in Leona Valley

It has been a longstanding Siegel-family tradition to go cherry picking on Father's day. Local cherries generally ripen right around mid-June, and only last a few weeks, so the timing is often perfect! We have (non-digitized) photos of a tiny 2-month old Ev sleeping in his baby carrier underneath a cherry tree from Bri's FIRST Father's day outing.

Our favorite place to go is the Leona Valley, near Palmdale. There are MANY farms, so if you go, don't stop at that first big GIANT place you see when you drive into town. Instead, explore the little side streets. Here, you'll find the small family farms. They'll hand you a bucket and tell you to have at it!

We chose Bright Ranch this year. It was LOVELY. Everyone was so nice, and the fruit is the most delicious we've had in YEARS.

GET THEE OUT TO THE LEONA VALLEY and pick yerselves some cherries!

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Father's Day!

Well we Siegels enjoyed a happy and jam-packed Father's Day! We began bright and early with our now-traditional Father's Day brunch at local hilltop dining establishment The Odyssey. Then it was off to the Huntington Library, where we hoped to make good use of Dad's new digital SLR camera! We were not disappointed, as there was a veritable plethora of terrific photo ops. All of the pix below were taken with said awesome new camera.

If you haven't been to the Huntington lately, do make the trip. It now has a really stunning Chinese Garden and lagoon; a beautiful Children's Garden and Greenhouse; and the 2nd floor of the main house has been filled with art, china, silver and antiquities and is now open to the public.