I’m loving my new smart phone.  Not so much for the phone function or texting as for the “always there” camera.  The Galaxy S4 has a dandy, a 13 megapixel job with modes and features that I may never use.  It has one that I definitely like – a voice command to tell it to take the picture.  It recognizes several words as triggers:  shoot and smile work and a few others.  I took this of one of the new-ish cherry trees from atop my mower yesterday.Mrs J has taken charge of walking Katie.  Kate handles the leash well, even when it’s me on the other end.  Katie is recovering from her surgery – St Francis offers spaying as a part of their adoption service but this was delayed in her case by her flight and subsequent outdoor adventures.The patio container garden is doing well.  The tomatoes are at that stage where they are all promise and healthy and green with scads of yellow blossoms.Most of the herbs for the kitchen are arrayed on this bench and they are growing fast.  I pinched the first flower buds from the basil yesterday.  Swallowtail caterpillars have invaded the curly parsley (just behind the purple basil) but have so far left the flat leaf parsley alone.We have a better selection of peppers this year:  Jalapenos again, and habaneros, new this year are cayennes, Anaheims, and some small, multi-colored sweet peppers.  There are a few blossoms on these but they do best in the heat of the summer.Here’s Homer from early this morning.  He and Toby have a mouse cornered under the end table.  I have the S4 camera set on auto everything and noticed a brief flash from the LED assist for focusing but the auto focus needs better light to do good work.This was a few moments later.  I got up to see how the flash was going to work where it was really too dark to see.  I don’t think the camera will ever be as good as a dedicated DSLR, but it will do much better than my Nikons when they are not to hand and this one is.