Upon return from my visit to the Beltane Ranch, I set my edible treasures in this still life. Painting the grapes was even more of a challenge than the figs!
Prior to October, I had never eaten a freshly picked fig. I couldn't get enough of them---so delicious. The folks at the Beltane Ranch gave me an egg carton full of them to bring home, which I rationed in the days ahead.